3And 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.
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But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. …
And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)The charge here given them is the same as before, to keep and do all God’s commandments. Their obedience must be, 1. Careful: Observe to do . 2. Universal: To do all the commandments , Deut. 8:1. And, 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and particularly with a holy fear of him (Deut. 8:6), from a reverence of his majesty, a submission to his authority, and a…
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