Deuteronomy 8:13

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when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

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  • Gen 13:1-5 : 1 Abram’s Solution to the Strife So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot. 2 (Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.) 3 And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai. 4 This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the LORD. 5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.
  • Job 1:3 : 3 His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.
  • Ps 39:6 : 6 Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
  • Luke 12:13-21 : 13 The Parable of the Rich Landowner Then someone from the crowd said to him,“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But Jesus said to him,“Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?” 15 Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop, 17 so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’ 20 But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

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  • Deut 8:9-12
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    84%

    9a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

    10You will eat your fill and then praise the LORD your God because of the good land he has given you.

    11Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God Be sure you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

    12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

  • Deut 8:14
    80%

    14be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,

  • Deut 28:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.

    12The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

  • Deut 8:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17Be careful not to say,“My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

    18You 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, even as he has to this day.

  • Deut 7:13-14
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    13He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.

    14You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

  • Deut 28:8
    77%

    8The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.

  • Deut 6:10-12
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    76%

    10Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you– a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

    11houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant– and you eat your fill,

    12be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

  • Deut 30:9
    75%

    9The LORD your God will make the labor of your hands abundantly successful and multiply your children, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the LORD will once more rejoice over you to make you prosperous just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,

  • Deut 28:4-5
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    4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

    5Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed.

  • Deut 1:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10The LORD your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky.

    11Indeed, may the LORD, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would!

  • Ps 144:13
    73%

    13Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.

  • Exod 13:11
    73%

    11When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

  • Prov 27:23
    73%

    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Ps 107:38
    72%

    38He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

  • Isa 2:7
    72%

    7Their land is full of gold and silver; there is no end to their wealth. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.

  • Ezek 28:4-5
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    4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

    5By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

  • Deut 28:2
    72%

    2All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the LORD your God:

  • Gen 13:2
    72%

    2(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)

  • Deut 8:1
    72%

    1The Lord’s Provision in the Desert You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.

  • Lev 25:7
    72%

    7your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land– all its produce will be for you to eat.

  • Deut 11:21
    72%

    21so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

  • Deut 30:5
    71%

    5Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

  • Deut 11:15
    71%

    15I will provide pasture for your livestock and you will eat your fill.”

  • Deut 26:1
    71%

    1Presentation of the First Fruits When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

  • Isa 30:23
    71%

    23He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

  • Deut 14:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself.

    26Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it.

  • Deut 19:8
    71%

    8If the LORD your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them,

  • Deut 6:3
    71%

    3Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number– as the LORD, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Prov 3:10
    71%

    10then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

  • Prov 5:10
    71%

    10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

  • 2 Sam 12:2
    71%

    2The rich man had a great many flocks and herds.

  • Eccl 5:11
    71%

    11When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

  • Deut 12:7
    70%

    7Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.

  • Deut 17:17
    70%

    17Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

  • Deut 13:18
    70%

    18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

  • Deut 15:4
    70%

    4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

  • Neh 9:23
    70%

    23You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

  • Gen 30:30
    70%

    30Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”