Catholic Public Domain Version

Deuteronomy 8:3-14 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. He afflicted you with need, and he gave you Manna as your food, which neither you nor your fathers knew, so as to reveal to you that it is not by bread alone that man lives, but by every word that goes forth from the mouth of God.

4. Your garment, with which you were covered, has by no means decayed due to age, and your foot has not been worn down, even to this fortieth year,

5. so that you would recognize in your heart that, just as a man educates his son, so has the Lord your God educated you.

6. So may you keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.

7. For the Lord your God will lead you into a good land: a land of brooks and waters and fountains, in which deep rivers burst forth from its plains and mountains,

8. a land of crops, barley, and vineyards, in which fig and pomegranate and olive trees spring up, a land of oil and honey.

9. In that place, without any need, you shall eat your bread and enjoy an abundance of all things: where the stones are like iron, and where ore for brass is dug out of its mountains.

10. So then, when you have eaten and been satisfied, you should bless the Lord your God for the excellent land which he has given to you.

11. Be observant and cautious, lest at sometime you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.

12. Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them,

13. and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,

14. your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,