Deuteronomy 8:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Remember how for these forty years the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the wilderness, so as to test you by affliction, to know what was in your heart: to keep his commandments, or not.

Cross References

James 1:3

for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Deuteronomy 8:16

and fed you in the wilderness with manna, a food unknown to your ancestors, that he might afflict you and test you, but also make you prosperous in the end.

Exodus 16:4

Then the Lord said to Moses: I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not.

Deuteronomy 2:7

Surely, the Lord, your God, has blessed you in all your undertakings; he has been concerned about your journey through this vast wilderness. It is now forty years that the Lord, your God, has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.

2 Chronicles 32:31

Nevertheless, in respect to the ambassadors of the Babylonian officials who were sent to him to investigate the sign that had occurred in the land, God abandoned him as a test, to know all that was in his heart.

Exodus 15:25

he cried out to the Lord, who pointed out to him a piece of wood. When he threw it into the water, the water became fresh. It was here that God, in making statutes and ordinances for them, put them to the test.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

John 2:25

and did not need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well.

James 4:6

But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Deuteronomy 29:5

it was not bread that you ate, nor wine or beer that you drank—so that you might know that I, the Lord, am your God.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Saying on Children and the Kingdom.

Amos 2:10

It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, and who led you through the desert for forty years, to occupy the land of the Amorites;

Isaiah 2:17

Then human pride shall be abased, the arrogance of mortals brought low, And the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the tester of hearts is the Lord.

Psalm 136:16

Who led the people through the desert, for his mercy endures forever;

Psalm 106:7

Our ancestors in Egypt did not attend to your wonders. They did not remember your manifold mercy; they defied the Most High at the Red Sea.

Psalm 81:7

I heard a tongue I did not know: “I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands moved away from the basket.

Psalm 77:11

I conclude: “My sorrow is this, the right hand of the Most High has abandoned us.”

Job 33:17

By turning mortals from acting and keeping pride away from a man,

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his distress, he began to appease the Lord, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his ancestors,

Deuteronomy 13:3

saying, “Let us go after other gods,” whom you have not known, “and let us serve them,” and the sign or wonder foretold to you comes to pass,

Deuteronomy 7:18

do not be afraid of them. Rather, remember clearly what the Lord, your God, did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:

Deuteronomy 1:33

who journeys before you to find you a place to camp—by night in the fire, and by day in the cloud, to show you the way to go.

Deuteronomy 1:3

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites according to all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to them,

Genesis 22:1

Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test and said to him: Abraham! “Here I am!” he replied.

Revelation 2:23

I will also put her children to death. Thus shall all the churches come to know that I am the searcher of hearts and minds and that I will give each of you what your works deserve.

2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer and how his supplication was heard, all his sins and his treachery, the sites where he built high places and set up asherahs and carved images before he humbled himself, all this is recorded in the chronicles of his seers.

Exodus 16:35

The Israelites ate the manna for forty years, until they came to settled land; they ate the manna until they came to the borders of Canaan.

Exodus 20:20

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come only to test you and put the fear of him upon you so you do not sin.”

Numbers 14:33

while your children will wander for forty years, suffering for your infidelity, till the last of you lies dead in the wilderness.

Judges 2:22

They will be made to test Israel, to see whether or not they will keep to the way of the Lord and continue in it as their ancestors did.

Judges 3:4

These served as a test for Israel, to know whether they would obey the commandments the Lord had enjoined on their ancestors through Moses.

Nehemiah 9:19

Yet in your great mercy you did not forsake them in the desert. By day the column of cloud did not cease to lead them on their journey, by night the column of fire did not cease to light the way they were to travel.

Ezekiel 20:19

I am the Lord, your God: follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances;

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the days of old, consider the years of generations past. Ask your father, he will inform you, your elders, they will tell you:

Psalm 103:2

Bless the Lord, my soul; and do not forget all his gifts,

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask, “Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, through a land of wastes and ravines, A land of drought and darkness, a land which no one crosses, where no one dwells?”