11 Be careful not to forget your god Yahweh by failing to follow his instructions and rules and regulations that I’m telling you today.[ref] 12 Watch out when you eat and feel satisfied, and you’ve built good houses and are living in them, 13 and your herds and flocks have increased, and you’ve accumulated gold and silver, and everything you have has multiplied. 14 That’s when it would be easy to become proud and forget your god Yahweh who brought you out of slavery in Egypt. 15 He led you through that vast, treacherous wilderness—the home of poisonous snakes and scorpions, and desert land without water, then he made water flow out of solid rock. 16 He fed you stuff in the wilderness that your ancestors had never heard of, so that he could humble you yet eventually cause you to prosper 17 without thinking to yourselves that your wealth came from your own strength and ability. 18 Remember that it’s your god Yahweh who gives you the strength to prosper, so that he can fulfill his agreement that he promised to your ancestors, as he has until now. 19 However, if you end up forgetting about your god Yahweh and start following other gods and serving them and bowing down to them, I can assure you that you’ll most definitely be destroyed. 20 If you don’t listen to what your god Yahweh says, then you’ll be destroyed just like the other people groups that he’s destroyed ahead of you all.