Deuteronomy 8:2

New Century Version

Remember how the Lord your God has led you in the desert for these forty years, taking away your pride and testing you, because he wanted to know what was in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.

Cross References

Genesis 22:1

After these things God tested Abraham’s faith. God said to him, “Abraham!” And he answered, “Here I am.”

2 Chronicles 32:31

But one time the leaders of Babylon sent messengers to Hezekiah, asking him about a strange sign that had happened in the land. When they came, God left Hezekiah alone to test him so he could know everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

2 Chronicles 33:12

As Manasseh suffered, he begged the Lord his God for help and humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 33:19

Manasseh’s prayer and God’s pity for him, his sins, his unfaithfulness, the places he built for worshiping gods and the Asherah idols before he humbled himself—all are written in the book of the seers.

Nehemiah 9:19

“You have great mercy, so you did not leave them in the desert. The pillar of cloud guided them by day, and the pillar of fire led them at night, lighting the way they were to go.

Job 33:17

to turn them away from doing wrong and to keep them from being proud.

Psalm 103:2

My whole being, praise the Lord and do not forget all his kindnesses.

Psalm 106:7

Our ancestors in Egypt did not learn from your miracles. They did not remember all your kindnesses, so they turned against you at the Red Sea.

Psalm 136:16

He led his people through the desert. His love continues forever.

Psalm 77:11

I remember what the Lord did; I remember the miracles you did long ago.

Psalm 81:7

When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah

Exodus 15:25

So Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When Moses threw the tree into the water, the water became good to drink. There the Lord gave the people a rule and a law to live by, and there he tested their loyalty to him.

Exodus 16:35

The Israelites ate manna for forty years, until they came to the land where they settled—the edge of the land of Canaan.

Exodus 16:4

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will cause food to fall like rain from the sky for all of you. Every day the people must go out and gather what they need for that day. I want to see if the people will do what I teach them.

Exodus 20:20

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

Proverbs 17:3

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

Isaiah 2:17

At that time proud people will be made humble, and they will bow low with shame. At that time only the Lord will be praised,

Jeremiah 2:6

Your ancestors didn’t say, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us out of Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a dry and rocky land, through a dark and dangerous land. He led us where no one travels or lives.’

Ezekiel 20:19

I am the Lord your God. Live by my rules, obey my laws, and follow them.

Amos 2:10

It was I who brought you from the land of Egypt and led you for forty years through the desert so I could give you the land of the Amorites.

Numbers 14:33

Your children will be shepherds here for forty years. Because you were not loyal, they will suffer until you lie dead in the desert.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, when this man went home, he was right with God, but the Pharisee was not. All who make themselves great will be made humble, but all who make themselves humble will be made great.”

John 2:25

He did not need anyone to tell him about people, because he knew what was in people’s minds.

Deuteronomy 1:3

Forty years after the Israelites had left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses told the people of Israel everything the Lord had commanded him to tell them.

Deuteronomy 1:33

he had always gone before you to find places for you to camp. In a fire at night and in a cloud during the day, he showed you which way to go.

Deuteronomy 13:3

But you must not listen to those prophets or dreamers. The Lord your God is testing you, to find out if you love him with your whole being.

Deuteronomy 2:7

The Lord your God has blessed everything you have done; he has protected you while you traveled through this great desert. The Lord your God has been with you for the past forty years, and you have had everything you needed.

Deuteronomy 29:5

I led you through the desert for forty years, and during that time neither your clothes nor sandals wore out.

Deuteronomy 32:7

Remember the old days. Think of the years already passed. Ask your father and he will tell you; ask your elders and they will inform you.

Deuteronomy 7:18

But don’t be afraid of them. Remember what the Lord your God did to all of Egypt and its king.

Deuteronomy 8:16

and manna to eat in the desert. Manna was something your ancestors had never seen. He did this to take away your pride and to test you, so things would go well for you in the end.

James 1:3

because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience.

James 4:10

Humble yourself in the Lord’s presence, and he will honor you.

James 4:6

But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says, “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know I am the One who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you for what you have done.

Judges 2:22

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

Judges 3:4

Those nations were in the land to test the Israelites—to see if they would obey the commands the Lord had given to their ancestors by Moses.