Deuteronomy 8:17 (KJV)

Passage

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Deuteronomy 8:16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Deuteronomy 8:17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

Deuteronomy 8:18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 8:19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "thine", "heart", "power", "might", "mine", "hand", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "thine", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Who fed thee in the wilderness with..." into verse 18's "But thou shalt remember the LORD thy...", so "thou" and "thine" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "thine" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.