申命記 8:11-14 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:10-20

Moses, having mentioned the great plenty they would find in the land of Canaan, finds it necessary to caution them against the abuse of that plenty, which was a sin they would be the more prone to new that they came into the vineyard of the Lord, immediately out of a barren desert. I. He directs them to the duty of a prosperous condition, Deut. 8:10. They are allowed to eat even to fulness, not to surfeiting no excess; but let them always remember their benefactor, the founder of their feast,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:11

Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God ,.... The Father of mercies and fountain of goodness, the author and donor of every good and perfect gift. Plenty is apt to induce a forgetfulness of God, when on the contrary one would think it should keep him in continual remembrance, and engage to daily thankfulness to him: in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day ; gave a repetition of, and in the name of God afresh enjoined them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:12

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full ,.... Not only once and again, but continually, day after day, being indulged with great plenty: and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; who for forty years had only dwelt in tents, moving from place to place in the wilderness. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:13

And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply ,.... Having good pasture for them in so fruitful a land: and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied ; by trading with other nations: and all that thou hast is multiplied ; children, servants, and substance. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:14

Then thine heart be lifted up ,.... As the heart is apt to be when riches increase; hence the advice in 1 Timothy 6:17 . and thou forget the Lord thy God ; from whom all good things come, and who can take them away when he pleases, and therefore should be ever kept in mind, for ever looked to and trusted in for the continuance of them; yet such is the evil heart of man, and such the stupefying nature of riches, that they bring on forgetfulness of the author of them, lead off from... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:11

Verse 11 11.Beware that thou forget not (263) We may easily estimable the necessity of this admonition from the common corruption of human nature, which is even yet only too general and too influential; for scarcely shall we find one person in a hundred in whom satiety does not generate headiness. Moses will hereafter speak in his Song of the rebelliousness of this people, (264) “The beloved, (Jeshurun,) waxen fat, and grown thick, kicked.” (Deuteronomy 32:15.) It was needful, then, that a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:12

Verse 12 12.Lest when thou hast eaten and art full. He more fully explains what we have already observed, viz., that it might happen, in the gradual course of time, that they should fail in their fear of God and honor for His Law, and therefore should take the greater care lest continual peace and joy should bring this callousness upon them. We should diligently remark the cause of departure which he points out, viz., the pride whereby riches and abundance ordinarily puff up men’s minds. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7-20

The land on which they were about to enter is described as a good laud, fertile and well watered, and yielding abundant produce to its cultivators; and they are cautioned against forgetting, in their enjoyment of the gift, the bounty of the Giver, or congratulating themselves on having achieved the conquest of such a land, instead of gratefully acknowledging the grace which had sustained them during their protracted wandering in the wilderness, and by which alone they had been enabled to take... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7-20

Wealth perilous to piety. God's policy in the government of men is to win by prodigal kindness. A churlish parsimony has never been found with him; the very opposite. An open eye discovers widespread munificence—a royal banquet. The present is only a sample of the future. The full inheritance is always the object of hope. The children of a king have large expectations. This passage contains— I. A NOTABLE INSTANCE OF DIVINE MUNIFICENCE . 1. The heritage of Israel was a "... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7-20

God forgotten amid second causes. The support of the wilderness was manifestly miraculous. They could not doubt their dependence there upon God. They might murmur even amid daily miracle, but they could not doubt it. It would be different in Canaan, and it is in view of this Moses warns them. There they would get sustenance in ordinary ways; and they might say that their own power, and not God's blessing, made them wealthy. I. THERE IS A VERY GREAT TENDENCY TO FORGET GOD... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:10-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:7-20

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