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Deuteronomy 8:5 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, {so} the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.”

Deuteronomy 8:5

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And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every {word} that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

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Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

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Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, {so} the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

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Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

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For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

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