Deuteronomy 8:13 (WEB)

Passage

and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;

Deuteronomy 8:12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and lived in them;

Deuteronomy 8:13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

Deuteronomy 8:14 then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

Deuteronomy 8:15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "herds", "flocks", "multiply", "silver", "gold", and "multiplied". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "herds" and "flocks", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "lest when you have eaten and are..." into verse 14's "then your heart might be lifted up...", so "herds" and "flocks" 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 "herds" and "flocks" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.