Deuteronomy 8:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

James 1:3

You know that when your faith is tested, you learn to be patient in suffering.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles test your faith and prove that it is pure. And such faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. When your faith is proven to be pure, the result will be praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ comes.

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 16:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will cause food to fall from the sky. This food will be for you to eat. Every day the people should go out and gather the food they need that day. I will do this to see if they will do what I tell them.

Deuteronomy 2:7

Remember that the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He knows about everything that happened on the trip through this great desert. The Lord your God has been with you these 40 years. You have always had everything you needed.’

2 Chronicles 32:31

One time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah. The messengers asked about a strange sign that had happened in the nations. When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him and to know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

Exodus 15:25

So Moses called to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a large piece of wood. When Moses put the wood in the water, the water became good to drink. There the Lord put in place a law and a command for him and tested him to see if he would obey.

James 4:10

Be humble before the Lord, and he will make you great.

John 2:25

He did not need anyone to tell him what a person was like. He already knew.

James 4:6

But the kindness God shows is greater. As the Scripture says, “God is against the proud, but he is kind to the humble.”

Deuteronomy 29:5

He led you through the desert for 40 years, and in all that time, your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, when this man finished his prayer and went home, he was right with God. But the Pharisee, who felt that he was better than others, was not right with God. People who make themselves important will be made humble. But those who make themselves humble will be made important.”

Amos 2:10

“I was the one who brought you from the land of Egypt. For 40 years I led you through the desert. I helped you take the Amorites’ land.

Isaiah 2:17

At that time those proud people will fall. They will bow low to the ground, and only the Lord will stand high.

Proverbs 17:3

Fire is used to make gold and silver pure, but a person’s heart is made pure by the Lord.

Psalm 136:16

He led his people through the desert. His faithful love will last forever.

Psalm 106:7

Lord, our ancestors learned nothing from the miracles you did in Egypt. They forgot your kindness at the Red Sea and rebelled against you.

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

Psalm 77:11

Lord, I remember what you have done. I remember the amazing things you did long ago.

Job 33:17

God warns people to stop them from doing wrong and to keep them from becoming proud.

2 Chronicles 33:12

When these troubles came to him, Manasseh begged for help from the Lord his God. He humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Deuteronomy 13:3

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.

Deuteronomy 7:18

You must not be afraid of them. You must remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the people of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 1:33

But he was always in front, going ahead to find a place for you to camp. At night, he was in the fire that showed you where to go. And during the day, he was in the cloud.

Deuteronomy 1:3

But it was 40 years from the time the Israelites left Egypt until the time they came to this place. On the first day of the eleventh month of the 40th year, Moses spoke to the people and told them everything the Lord commanded.

Genesis 22:1

After these things God decided to test Abraham’s faith. God said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Yes!”

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will see that I am the one who knows what people feel and think. And I will repay each of you for what you have done.

2 Chronicles 33:19

Manasseh’s prayer and how God listened and felt sorry for him are written in The Book of the Seers. Also all his sins, the wrongs he did before he humbled himself, and the places where he built high places and set up the Asherah poles are written in The Book of the Seers.

Exodus 16:35

The people ate the manna for 40 years, until they came to the land of rest, that is, until they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

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.”

Numbers 14:33

“‘Your children will wander around like shepherds here in the desert for 40 years. They will suffer because you were not faithful to me. They must suffer until all of you lie dead in the desert.

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.”

Judges 3:4

He left those nations in the land to test the Israelites. He wanted to see if the Israelites would obey the Lord’s commands that he had given to their ancestors through Moses.

Nehemiah 9:19

You are very kind, so you didn’t leave them in the desert. You didn’t take the tall cloud away from them by day. You continued to lead them. You didn’t take the column of fire away from them at night. You continued to light their path and to show them which way to go.

Ezekiel 20:19

I am the Lord. I am your God. Obey my laws and keep my commands. Do the things I tell you.

Deuteronomy 32:7

“Remember the days of the past. Think about what happened so long ago. Ask your father; he will tell you. Ask your leaders; they will tell you.

Psalm 103:2

My soul, praise the Lord and never forget how kind he is!

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors did not say, ‘The Lord brought us out of Egypt. He led us through the desert, through a dry and rocky land. He led us through a dark and dangerous land. No one lives there; people don’t even travel through that land. But the Lord led us through that land. So where is he now?’