Deuteronomy 13:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Don’t listen to them, because the Lord your God is testing you. He wants to know if you love him with all your heart and all your soul.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you must remember the entire trip that the Lord your God has led you through these 40 years in the desert. He was testing you. He wanted to make you humble. He wanted to know what is in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

1 Corinthians 11:19

because of your idea that you must have separate groups to show who the real believers are!

Psalm 66:10

God, you have tested us, as people test silver with fire.

Deuteronomy 6:5

You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Revelation 13:14

This second beast fooled the people living on earth by using the miracles that he had been given the power to do for the first beast. He ordered people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the sword but did not die.

1 John 4:1

My dear friends, many false prophets are in the world now. So don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

So God will send them something powerful that leads them away from the truth and causes them to believe a lie.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and do great miracles and wonders, trying to fool the people God has chosen, if that is possible.

Isaiah 8:20

You should follow the teachings and the agreement. I swear, if you follow those other things, there is no future for you.

1 John 4:4

My dear children, you belong to God, so you have already defeated these false prophets. That’s because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 2:19

These enemies were in our group, but they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.

Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be like babies. We will not be people who are always changing like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced by every new teaching we hear from people who are trying to deceive us—those who make clever plans and use every kind of trick to fool others into following the wrong way.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not ordering you to give, but I want to see how real your love is by comparing you with others who have been so ready and willing to help.

Acts 17:11

The people in Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica. They were so glad to hear the message Paul told them. They studied the Scriptures every day to make sure that what they heard was really true.

Psalm 81:7

When you were in trouble, you called for help, and I set you free. I was hidden in the storm clouds, and I answered you. I tested you by the water at Meribah.” Selah

Deuteronomy 8:16

In the desert he fed you manna—something your ancestors had never seen. He tested you to make you humble so that everything would go well for you in the end.

Exodus 20:20

Then Moses said to them, “Don’t be afraid! God has come to test you. He wants you to respect him so that you will not sin.”

Judges 2:22

I will use them to test the Israelites. I will see if the Israelites can keep the Lord’s commands as their ancestors did.”

Psalm 119:2

Great blessings belong to those who follow his rules! They seek him with all their heart.

1 Samuel 26:19

My lord the king, listen to me. If the Lord caused you to be angry with me, let him accept an offering. But if men caused you to be angry with me, I ask the Lord to curse them because they forced me to leave the land that the Lord gave me and told me to go serve other gods.

1 Kings 13:19

So the man of God went to the old prophet’s house and ate and drank with him.