Deuteronomy 13:3

The English Standar Version

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or 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 you, O God, have tested us; you have 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

Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin."

Isaiah 8:20

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Matthew 24:24

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform 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; 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 by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

Deuteronomy 6:5

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 that 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 the whole way that 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 them a strong delusion, so that they may 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 become 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 from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:4

Little children, you are from 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 that it is allowed to work in the presence of[4] the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Judges 2:22

in order to test Israel by them, 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.'