Deuteronomy 8:2 Cross References

Deuteronomy 8:2

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

James 1:3

  1. For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

1 Peter 5:5

  1. You younger men, accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, serve each other in humility, for "God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble."
  2. So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and in his good time he will honor you.

2 Chronicles 32:31

  1. However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.

Exodus 16:4

  1. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Look, I'm going to rain down food from heaven for you. The people can go out each day and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether they will follow my instructions.

Deuteronomy 8:16

  1. 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 2:7

  1. The LORD your God has blessed everything you have done and has watched your every step through this great wilderness. During these forty years, the LORD your God has been with you and provided for your every need so that you lacked nothing."'

1 Peter 1:7

  1. These trials are only to test your faith, to show that it is strong and pure. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--and your faith is far more precious to God than mere gold. So if your faith remains strong after being tried by fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

Exodus 15:25

  1. So Moses cried out to the LORD for help, and the LORD showed him a branch. Moses took the branch and threw it into the water. This made the water good to drink. It was there at Marah that the LORD laid before them the following conditions to test their faithfulness to him:

Amos 2:10

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

Deuteronomy 29:5

  1. For forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

John 2:25

  1. No one needed to tell him about human nature.

Psalms 77:11

  1. I recall all you have done, O LORD; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.

Ephesians 2:11

  1. Don't forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders by birth. You were called "the uncircumcised ones" by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts.
  2. In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.

Malachi 3:2

  1. "But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes.
  2. He will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.

Psalms 136:16

  1. Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness. His faithful love endures forever.

2 Chronicles 33:12

  1. But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the LORD his God and cried out humbly to the God of his ancestors.

2 Chronicles 32:25

  1. But Hezekiah did not respond appropriately to the kindness shown him, and he became proud. So the LORD's anger came against him and against Judah and Jerusalem.
  2. Then Hezekiah repented of his pride, and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves. So the LORD's anger did not come against them during Hezekiah's lifetime.

Proverbs 17:3

  1. Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

Psalms 106:7

  1. Our ancestors in Egypt were not impressed by the LORD's miracles. They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them. Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.

James 4:10

  1. When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on him, he will lift you up and give you honor.

2 Peter 3:1

  1. This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory.
  2. I want you to remember and understand what the holy prophets said long ago and what our Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.

James 4:6

  1. He gives us more and more strength to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble."

Deuteronomy 1:3

  1. But forty years after the Israelites left Mount Sinai, on a day in midwinter, Moses gave these speeches to the Israelites, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.

Psalms 81:7

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

Isaiah 2:17

  1. The arrogance of all people will be brought low. Their pride will lie in the dust. The LORD alone will be exalted!

Job 42:5

  1. "I had heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
  2. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."

Genesis 22:1

  1. Later on God tested Abraham's faith and obedience. "Abraham!" God called. "Yes," he replied. "Here I am."

Job 33:17

  1. He causes them to change their minds; he keeps them from pride.

Deuteronomy 7:18

  1. But don't be afraid of them! Just remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt.

Luke 18:14

  1. I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For the proud will be humbled, but the humble will be honored."

Deuteronomy 1:33

  1. who goes before you looking for the best places to camp, guiding you by a pillar of fire at night and a pillar of cloud by day.

Jeremiah 17:9

  1. "The human heart is most deceitful and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
  2. But I know! I, the LORD, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve."

Deuteronomy 13:3

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

2 Chronicles 33:19

  1. Manasseh's prayer, the account of the way God answered him, and an account of all his sins and unfaithfulness are recorded in The Record of the Seers. It includes a list of the locations where he built pagan shrines and set up Asherah poles and idols before he repented.

Revelation 2:23

  1. I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve.

2 Peter 1:12

  1. I plan to keep on reminding you of these things--even though you already know them and are standing firm in the truth.
  2. Yes, I believe I should keep on reminding you of these things as long as I live.
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