11Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
14then 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.
15He 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.
16He 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.
17You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
18But 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.
19If 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.
20Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.