Hebrews 13:5 - Exposition

Let your conversation ( i.e. manner of life , or disposition ) be without covetousness; be content with such things as ye have: for he ( αὔτος , emphatic) hath said, I will never ( i.e. in no wise) leave thee, neither will I ever forsake thee. The reference seems to be to Deuteronomy 31:6 , κύριος ὁ θεός σου .. οὔτε μή σε ἀνῇ οὔτε μή σε ἐγκαταλίπῃ , the same assurance being repeated in Deuteronomy 31:8 . But similar promises occur elsewhere in the Old Testament (see Genesis 28:15 ; Joshua 1:5 ; 1 Chronicles 28:20 ; Isaiah 41:17 ; "Est igitur instar adagii divini ," Bengel).