Deuteronomy 6:12 (DRB)

Passage

And thou shalt have eaten and be full:

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:10 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, for which he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: and shall have given thee great and goodly cities, which thou didst not build,

Deuteronomy 6:11 Houses full of riches, which thou didst not set up, cisterns which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards, which thou didst not plant,

Deuteronomy 6:12 And thou shalt have eaten and be full:

Deuteronomy 6:13 Take heed diligently lest thou forget the Lord, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only, and thou shalt swear by his name.

Deuteronomy 6:14 You shall not go after the strange gods of all the nations, that are round about you:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "shalt", "eaten", and "full". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "shalt", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Houses full of riches which thou didst..." into verse 13's "Take heed diligently lest thou forget the...", so "thou" and "shalt" 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 "shalt" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.