Deuteronomy 13:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:19

So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

Psalm 119:2

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

Psalm 81:7

In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Exodus 20:20

And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin.”

Isaiah 8:20

To the teaching and to the testimony! Surely for this word which they speak there is no dawn.

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Acts 17:11

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with all eagerness, examining the scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

1 Corinthians 11:19

for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.

Ephesians 4:14

so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles.

Deuteronomy 6:5

and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

Therefore God sends upon them a strong delusion, to make them believe what is false,

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out, that it might be plain that they all are not of us.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:4

Little children, you are of God, and have overcome them; for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Revelation 13:14

and by the signs which it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast, it deceives those who dwell on earth, bidding them make an image for the beast which was wounded by the sword and yet lived;

Judges 2:22

that by them I may test Israel, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.”

1 Samuel 26:19

Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering; but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the heritage of the Lord, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’