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Deuteronomy 8:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

He also gave you manna, a kind of food your ancestors had never even heard about. The Lord was testing you to make you trust him, so that later on he could be good to you.

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so he made you go hungry. Then he gave you manna, a kind of food that you and your ancestors had never even heard about. The Lord was teaching you that people need more than food to live—they need every word that the Lord has spoken.

God will bless you, if you don't give up when your faith is being tested. He will reward you with a glorious life, just as he rewards everyone who loves him.

The people had never seen anything like this, and they started asking each other, “What is it?” Moses answered, “This is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.

Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these trials will prove that your faith is worth much more than gold that can be destroyed. They will show that you will be given praise and honor and glory when Jesus Christ returns.

These little troubles are getting us ready for an eternal glory that will make all our troubles seem like nothing.

We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose,

Some years later God decided to test Abraham, so he spoke to him. Abraham answered, “Here I am, Lord.”

Moses asked the Lord for help, and the Lord told him to throw a certain piece of wood into the water. Moses did so, and the water became fit to drink. At Marah the Lord tested his people and also gave them some laws and teachings.

The Lord said to Moses, “I will send bread down from heaven like rain. Tell the people to go out each day and gather only enough for that day. That's how I will see if they obey me.

The Israelites called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and delicious as wafers made with honey.

Don't forget how the Lord your God has led you through the desert for the past 40 years. He wanted to find out if you were truly willing to obey him and depend on him,

If the prophet says this, don't listen! The Lord your God will be watching to find out whether or not you love him with all your heart and soul.

Even when the leaders of Babylonia sent messengers to ask Hezekiah about the sign God had given him, God let Hezekiah give his own answer to test him and to see if he would remain faithful.

You are kindhearted, and you do good things, so teach me your laws.

Some of those who are wise will suffer, so that God will make them pure and acceptable until the end, which will still come at the time he has decided.

“Don't be afraid!” Moses replied. “God has come only to test you, so that by obeying him you won't sin.”

The Lord now blessed Job more than ever; he gave him 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 pair of oxen, and 1,000 donkeys.

Silver and gold are tested by flames of fire; our thoughts are tested by the Lord.




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