Deuteronomy 8:3-12
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3 And 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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4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
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5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
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6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
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7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
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8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
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9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
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10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
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11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
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12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;