Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 8:14
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;
14. thine heart be lifted up ] Deu 17:20; Hos 13:6.
house of bondage ] Deu 6:12.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Thine heart be lifted up; as if thou didst receive and enjoy these things either by thy own wisdom, and valour, and industry, Deu 8:17, or for thy own merit, Deu 9:4. See Hos 13:6; 1Co 4:7.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Then thine heart be lifted up,…. As the heart is apt to be when riches increase; hence the advice in 1Ti 6:17
and thou forget the Lord thy God; from whom all good things come, and who can take them away when he pleases, and therefore should be ever kept in mind, for ever looked to and trusted in for the continuance of them; yet such is the evil heart of man, and such the stupefying nature of riches, that they bring on forgetfulness of the author of them, lead off from dependence on him and obedience to him; in order to prevent which, an enumeration is given of wonderful instances of divine goodness to Israel, as follows:
which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; into a land abounding with all the above good things, and therefore it must be the highest ingratitude to forget such a God, and disobey his commands.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Ver. 14. Then thine heart be lifted up An usual effect of prosperity and great riches, as Euripides observes: ; wealth breeds pride and contempt of others; for when men are elated by their distinguished circumstances, they easily fancy themselves to be very important persons, and possessed of extraordinary merit; and, in proportion to their vanity, and the high thoughts they entertain of themselves, they are apt to have an unbecoming and insolent contempt of others, as if they were of a different nature from their fellow-creatures, and originally formed in a higher order of being. Nor is this the worst: another fatal effect of affluent prosperity, is, that it makes men forget the Lord their God; for when every thing about us is gay, and has a smiling aspect, we are too apt to be careless and inconsiderate, and to be diverted by pleasure from greater and more important concerns; and when the mind is thus weakened and dissolved, it is no wonder if men pride themselves in their riches, as their ultimate happiness, and, for want of reflecting on the instability of all human affairs, think themselves self-sufficient, and lose that just sense which they ought to have of the sovereignty of their Maker, and of their absolute and necessary dependance upon him. See Foster’s Sermons, vol. 1: ser. 8.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Deu 8:14 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;
Ver. 14. Then thy heart be lifted up. ] The devil will easily blow up this blab in the rich man’s heart, whose usual diseases are earthly mindedness and high mindedness. Prosperity makes men proud, secure, impatient. Jer 22:21 In rest they contract much rust.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
bondage = bondmen, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
thine heart: Deu 17:20, 2Ch 26:16, 2Ch 32:25, Jer 2:31, 1Co 4:7, 1Co 4:8
thou forget: Deu 8:11, Psa 106:21, Jer 2:6
Reciprocal: Exo 13:3 – out of the Deu 32:18 – forgotten 2Sa 24:2 – that I may 2Ki 14:10 – thine heart 2Ki 17:38 – ye shall not forget 2Ch 17:5 – he had riches 2Ch 25:19 – heart Job 8:13 – that forget God Psa 10:4 – will not Psa 44:17 – yet Psa 73:6 – Therefore Isa 17:10 – thou hast Jer 34:13 – out of Eze 28:2 – Because Eze 28:5 – and thine Dan 11:12 – his heart 2Co 12:7 – lest 1Ti 3:6 – lest
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 8:14. Lifted up As if thou didst receive and enjoy these things, either by thy own wisdom, and valour, and industry, or by thy own merit.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
8:14 Then thine heart {h} 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;
(h) By attributing God’s benefits to your own wisdom and labour, or to good fortune.