Deuteronomy 13:3

New Living Translation

do not listen to them. The Lord your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:19

So they went back together, and the man of God ate and drank at the prophet’s home.

Psalm 119:2

Joyful are those who obey his laws and search for him with all their hearts.

Psalm 66:10

You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver.

Psalm 81:7

You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude

Exodus 20:20

“Don’t be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning!”

Isaiah 8:20

Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.

Acts 17:11

And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.

1 Corinthians 11:19

But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!

2 Corinthians 8:8

I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.

Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

Deuteronomy 6:5

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

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

So God will cause them to be greatly deceived, and they will believe these lies.

1 John 2:19

These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.

1 John 4:4

But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.

Revelation 13:14

And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

Judges 2:22

I did this to test Israel—to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the Lord as their ancestors did.”

1 Samuel 26:19

But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the Lord. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the Lord’s people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.’