Holy Scripture

Deuteronomy 6:12

A church father on this verse
“Observe then these defects, O thou that lovest spiritual excellence, and excuse thyself from this wickedness, that thou mayest not forget God and thine own self thereby, and thy discernment be darkened against all that is seemly; and with these remember also that which was spoken by the prophet Moses to the Jews, sayi…”
Philoxenus of Mabbug, 6th c. — 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 10 -- On Gluttony

Source: Septuagint

Original

12beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God that brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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10And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and beautiful cities which thou didst not build,

11houses full of all good things which thou didst not fill, wells dug in the rock which thou didst not dig, vineyards and olive yards which thou didst not plant, then having eaten and been filled,

— Deuteronomy 6:12 —

13Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve; and thou shalt cleave to him, and by his name thou shalt swear.

14Go ye not after other gods of the gods of the nations round about you;

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