Deuteronomy 31:20 [W]hen they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods. This is God’s problem. Because he is generous, he wants to bless his people with prosperity. But he knows that his people are so perverse, that when he makes them...
Deuteronomy 18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. Moses was the greatest prophet in the Old Testament, and he foresaw another who would be similar to him. This...
Deuteronomy 7:6 The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. For many years the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, often despised by the people who owned them. Then they wandered...
Deuteronomy 1:1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan. The book of Deuteronomy was written by Moses for the people of God around 1406 BC, while the nation camped in the land of Moab just outside the Promised...
