Bible verse
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
Deuteronomy 8:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 8.
13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
14 then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
17 You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
18 But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
19 If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
KJV
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth.
ASV
and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.
ERV
and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
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