Deuteronomy 8:9-14

8:9 a land where you may eat food ¹  in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron ²  and from whose hills you can mine copper. 8:10 You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.

Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God

8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. 8:12 When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, 8:13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 8:14 be sure ³  you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

Deuteronomy 8:17-18

8:17 Be careful ⁴  not to say, “My own ability and skill ⁵  have gotten me this wealth.” 8:18 You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, ⁶  even as he has to this day.

Deuteronomy 8:2

8:2 Remember the whole way by which he ⁷  has brought you these forty years through the desert ⁸  so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 17:5

17:5 you must bring to your city gates ⁹  that man or woman who has done this wicked thing – that very man or woman – and you must stone that person to death. ¹⁰ 

Deuteronomy 32:27

32:27 But I fear the reaction ¹¹  of their enemies,

for ¹²  their adversaries would misunderstand

and say, “Our power is great, ¹³ 

and the Lord has not done all this!”’

Proverbs 3:16

3:16 Long life ¹⁴  is in her right hand;

in her left hand are riches and honor.

Proverbs 3:1

Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord ¹⁵ 

3:1 My child, ¹⁶  do not forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep ¹⁷  my commandments,

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ¹⁸  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Hebrews 11:26

11:26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ ¹⁹  to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on ²⁰  the reward.

¹ tn The Hebrew term may refer to “food” in a more general sense (cf. NASB, NCV, NLT) or “bread” in particular (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).

² sn A land whose stones are iron. Since iron deposits are few and far between in Palestine, the reference here is probably to iron ore found in mines as opposed to the meteorite iron more commonly known in that area.

³ tn The words “be sure” are not in the Hebrew text; vv. 12-14 are part of the previous sentence. For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation and the words “be sure” repeated from v. 11 to indicate the connection.

⁴ tn For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 17 in the translation and the words “be careful” supplied to indicate the connection.

⁵ tn Heb “my strength and the might of my hand.”

⁶ tc Smr and Lucian add “Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” the standard way of rendering this almost stereotypical formula (cf. Deut 1:8; 6:10; 9:5, 27; 29:13; 30:20; 34:4). The MT’s harder reading presumptively argues for its originality, however.

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.

⁹ tn Heb “gates.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “stone them with stones so that they die” (KJV similar); NCV “throw stones at that person until he dies.”

¹¹ tn Heb “anger.”

¹² tn Heb “lest.”

¹³ tn Heb “Our hand is high.” Cf. NAB “Our own hand won the victory.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “length of days” (so KJV, ASV).

¹⁵ sn The chapter begins with an introductory exhortation (1-4), followed by an admonition to be faithful to the Lord (5-12). Wisdom is commended as the most valuable possession (13-18), essential to creation (19-20), and the way to a long and safe life (21-26). There then follows a warning to avoid unneighborliness (27-30) and emulating the wicked (31-35).

¹⁶ tn Heb “my son” (likewise in vv. 11, 21).

¹⁷ tn The verb יִצֹּר (yitsor) is a Qal jussive and the noun לִבֶּךָ (libbekha, “your heart”) functions as the subject: “let your heart keep my commandments.”

¹⁸ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

¹⁹ tn Grk “the abuse [or ‘reproach’] of Christ.”

²⁰ tn Grk “he was looking away to.”