and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.” But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
⛓ Read Deuteronomy 8 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Moses' warning that Israel must not say 'My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth,' but remember it is the Lord who gives the power, matches Paul's logic that everything is received, leaving no ground for boasting. The gift-not-achievement theme coheres closely with v.7.
Medium confidence'Beware lest you say... My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth.' The warning against pride in self-made riches and the reminder that God is the giver parallels the charge against the haughty rich and the God 'who richly provides us with everything.'
Medium confidence