Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

Since the success of believers is tied to our knowledge of and obedience to God's Word, the memorizing of portions of the Bible is advisable.

While catastrophes do enter the lives of godly people, they attach themselves far more to people who reject Him.

The fear of God does not come naturally to human beings; it must be learned through Scripture, worship, and the hard knocks of experience.

The Lord longs to exalt His people as trophies of His work in them.

The generous giver, demonstrating the nature of God by his behavior, can never outgive God.

God wanted Israel, as He wants Christians, to learn to utterly abhor and detest anything that had the potential of coming between them and their God. The believer's enemies are typically internal rather than external, and they pose a powerful threat to spiritual health and progress.