Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Parallel translations
- WEB then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
- BSB 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.
- NKJV when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
- NASB 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;
- NLT Do not become proud at that time and forget the Lord your God, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
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Quick answer
The danger is that a proud heart will forget the LORD who brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt. Pride breeds forgetfulness of grace.
Overview
Moses names the root sin: a heart lifted up in pride that forgets its Redeemer. To forget the exodus is to forget that all they have is grace. This warning against pride and ingratitude applies to all God's people, who must continually remember their deliverance, ultimately the redemption accomplished by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
- 1 Cor 4:7–8For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
- 2 Chr 26:16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- Deut 8:11Beware 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:
- 2 Chr 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Jer 2:6Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
- Jer 2:31O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
- Deut 17:20That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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