Deuteronomy 8:16

Tree of Life Version

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, in order to afflict you and test you, to do you good in the end.

Cross References

Genesis 22:1

Now it was after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham.” “Hineni,” he said.

2 Chronicles 32:31

But when the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, to know all that was in his heart.

Job 42:12

So Adonai blessed Job’s latter days more than at his beginning. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

Psalm 119:68

You are good and keep doing good— teach me Your decrees.

Exodus 15:25

So he cried out to Adonai, and Adonai showed him a tree. When he threw it into the waters, they were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them.

Exodus 16:15

When Bnei-Yisrael saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Then Moses said to them, “It is the bread that Adonai has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:31

The house of Israel named it manna . It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

Exodus 16:4

Then Adonai said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. The people will go out and gather a day’s portion every day, so that I can test them to find out whether they will walk according to My Torah or not.

Exodus 20:20

So Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that His fear may be in you, so that you do not sin.”

Proverbs 17:3

A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but Adonai tests the heart.

Daniel 11:35

Even some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end—for it will still come at the appointed time.

Romans 8:28

Now we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to His purpose.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our trouble, light and momentary, is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

Deuteronomy 13:3

and the sign or wonder he spoke to you comes true, while saying, ‘Let’s follow other gods’—that you have not known, and—‘Let’s serve them!’

Deuteronomy 8:2

You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these 40 years in the wilderness—in order to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot or not.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He afflicted you and let you hunger, then He fed you manna —which neither you nor your fathers had known—in order to make you understand that man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of Adonai.

James 1:12

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love Him.

1 Peter 1:7

These trials are so that the true metal of your faith (far more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire) may come to light in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Messiah Yeshua.