deuteronomy-8:3

Sermon Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:2-5

Deuteronomy 8:2-5 This is the lesson of our lives. This is God's training, not only for the Jews, but for us. We read these verses to teach us that God's ways with man do not change; that His fatherly hand is over us, as well as over the people of Israel; that their blessings are our blessings, their dangers are our dangers; that, as St. Paul says, all these things are written for our example. I. "He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger." How true to life that is; how often there comes to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:3

Deuteronomy 8:3 If this text be true, what a strange comment on it is the world at the present hour! Turn to whatever class of our countrymen you like, and in every accent of their voices you will hear uttered their practical belief that they can live by bread alone. It is for bread that is, for material things that men toil, and strive, and exhaust their finest energies. Now, if ever, it is needful to thunder in the ears of our countrymen, "Man shall not live by bread alone." And as statesmen,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Deuteronomy 8:2-3

DISCOURSE: 197THE REASONS OF GOD’S DIVERSIFIED DEALINGS WITH HIS PEOPLEDeuteronomy 8:2-3. And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, (which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know,) that he might make thee know that man doth not live by... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Chapter 8And all the commandments which I command thee this day you shall observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land. And thou shalt remember all the way the LORD thy God led thee for these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not ( Deuteronomy 8:1-2 ).Now, who was the proving for? "All the way through these forty years of wilderness God led thee to humble thee... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Deuteronomy 8:4 . Thy raiment waxed not old. By a miracle the Lord preserved the clothes of the Israelites from wearing and decay, or by means of trade and war with the supplies they brought from Egypt, and by their own manufactures in the deserts; for they were never seen in nakedness and rags. The beautiful cloth of the tabernacle was all manufactured in the vicinity of mount Sinai; consequently, they could do much towards manufacturing their own raiment. Deuteronomy 8:9 . Dig brass. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Deuteronomy 8:3-6

Deuteronomy 8:3-6He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna.The pilgrims’ grateful recollectionsI. Let us pass in review the favours of the lord, taking what He did for Israel as being typical of what He has done for us.1. The first blessing mentioned is that of humbling: “And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger.” Not very highly esteemed among men will this favour be; and at first, perhaps, it may be regarded by ourselves as being rather a judgment, one of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:3

Deu 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. Ver. 3. And he humbled thee. ] Humbled they were, many of them, but not humble: low, but not lowly. Perdiderunt fructum afflictionum, &c. a That he might make thee know. ] We never know so well, how good,... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 8:3

fed thee: Exodus 16:2, Exodus 16:3, Exodus 16:12-Habakkuk :, Psalms 78:23-Lamentations :, Psalms 105:40, 1 Corinthians 10:3 doth: Psalms 37:3, Psalms 104:27-Joel :, Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4, Luke 12:29, Luke 12:30, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6 Reciprocal: Exodus 16:14 - the dew Exodus 16:15 - It is manna Exodus 16:22 - General Exodus 16:35 - forty years Deuteronomy 6:24 - he might Deuteronomy 8:16 - fed thee Deuteronomy 29:6 - eaten bread Deuteronomy 33:8 - prove at Nehemiah 9:15 - gavest Psalms... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 8:3

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.By every word — That is, by every or any thing which God appoints for this end, how unlikely so-ever it may seem to be for nourishment; seeing it is not the creature, but only God's command and blessing upon it, that makes it... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:3

3. He humbled thee,… and fed thee with manna Comp. Exodus 16:16. Jehovah had shown them their dependence on him, and then in their extremity he provides an abundant supply for their bodily wants. By every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of The Lord More literally rendered, on every utterance of the mouth of Jehovah. In this verse the word bread is employed to include all the ordinary provision for sustaining human life. When Jesus quotes this passage in reply to the tempter... read more