Deuteronomy 8:12
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
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- Proverbs 30:9Rank 1 from verse 12
- Deuteronomy 28:47Rank 2 from verse 12
- Deuteronomy 32:15Rank 3 from verse 12
15¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
15¶ But Iesurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxen fat, thou art growen thicke, thou art couered with fatnes: then he forsooke God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rocke of his saluation.
- Hosea 13:5–6Rank 4 from verse 12
5¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
5¶ †I did know thee in the wildernesse, in the land of great drought.
6According to their pasture, so were they filled: they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore haue they forgotten me.
11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
11Forasmuch therfore as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from him burdens of wheate, *ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: yee haue planted †pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.
- Deuteronomy 31:20Rank 6 from verse 12
20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
20For when I shall haue brought them into the land which I sware vnto their fathers, that floweth with milke and hony; and they shall haue eaten and filled themselues, and waxen fat; then will they turne vnto other gods, and serue them, and prouoke me, and breake my couenant.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4Rank 7 from verse 12
- Haggai 1:4Rank 8 from verse 12
- Jeremiah 22:14–15Rank 9 from verse 12
14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
14†‖That saith, I will build mee a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windowes, and it is sieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15Shalt thou reigne because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? did not thy father eate and drinke, and doe iudgment and iustice, and then it was wel with him?
- Luke 17:28Rank 10 from verse 12
- Ezekiel 11:3Rank 11 from verse 12
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Deuteronomy 8:12
For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.
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Constructed, formed, established, or strengthened.
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Attractive, beautiful, comely, pleasing, desirable, fine, choice, noble, valuable, or impressive in appearance or quality.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.
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11Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
11Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his Commandements, and his Iudgements, and his Statutes which I command thee this day:
12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Selected passage13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
13And when thy heards and thy flocks multiply, and thy siluer and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied: