Deuteronomy 8:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Cross References

Genesis 22:1

Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

2 Chronicles 32:31

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

2 Chronicles 33:12

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

2 Chronicles 33:19

And the prayer which he made to God, and how God gave him an answer, and all his sin and his wrongdoing, and the places where he made high places and put up pillars of wood and images, before he put away his pride, are recorded in the history of the seers.

Nehemiah 9:19

Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

Job 33:17

In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

Psalm 103:2

Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory.

Psalm 106:7

Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.

Psalm 136:16

To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalm 77:11

I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.

Psalm 81:7

You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Exodus 15:25

And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

Exodus 16:35

And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

Exodus 16:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.

Exodus 20:20

And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

Proverbs 17:3

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Isaiah 2:17

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

Jeremiah 2:6

And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

Ezekiel 20:19

I am the Lord your God; be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them:

Amos 2:10

And I took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.

Numbers 14:33

And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

John 2:25

He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

Deuteronomy 1:3

Now in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses gave to the children of Israel all the orders which the Lord had given him for them;

Deuteronomy 1:33

Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

Deuteronomy 13:3

Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.

Deuteronomy 29:5

For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.

Deuteronomy 32:7

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.

Deuteronomy 7:18

Have no fear of them, but keep well in mind what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt;

Deuteronomy 8:16

Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

James 1:3

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

James 4:10

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

James 4:6

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

1 Peter 1:7

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire, may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Revelation 2:23

And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

Judges 2:22

In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.

Judges 3:4

For the purpose of testing Israel by them, to see if they would give ear to the orders of the Lord, which he had given to their fathers by the hand of Moses.