Deuteronomy 6:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And houses full of all good [things], which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

Ver. 11. When thou shalt have eaten and be full.] Saturity oft breeds security; fulness, forgetfulness. The best, when full fed, are apt to wax wanton and will be dipping their fingers sometimes in the devil's sauce: Ipsis opibus lascivire coepit ecclesia. a The moon never suffers eclipse but at the full, and that by the earth's interposition. The young mules, when they have sucked, turn up their heels and kick at the dam.

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Deuteronomy 6:11

11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;