10 Bible Verses about Deserts
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And with whom was he offended forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?
but with most of them God was not well pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.
John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths!"
Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the Devil.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit; and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.
Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."
From Thematic Bible
Beasts » Found in » Deserts
Birds » Inhabit » Deserts
Deserts » Notable
Deserts » General references to
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert way.
And the apostles returned and told him what they had done; and taking them with him, he withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit; and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.
And when it was day, he went out, and betook himself to a desert place; and the multitudes went in search of him; and they came to him, and would have prevented him from leaving them.
Deserts » Illustrative of » The world
Deserts » Illustrative of » Barrenness
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust
Deserts » Illustrative of » Desolation by armies
Deserts » Danger of travelling in
by journeyings often; by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren;
Deserts » Guides required in
Deserts » Infested with robbers
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Beer-sheba
Deserts » Described as » Dry and without water
Deserts » The persecuted fled to
of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Paran
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Simoom or deadly wind
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Zin
Deserts » Described as » Uncultivated
Deserts » Illustrative of » The gentiles
Deserts » Parts of, afforded pasture
Deserts » The disaffected fled to
Art thou not then the Egyptian, who before these days made an insurrection, and led out into the wilderness those four thousand men of the assassins?
Deserts » Uninhabited places
And when it was evening, the disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and it is now late; send the multitudes away therefore, that they may go to the villages and buy themselves victuals.
And he saith to them, Come ye by yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going; and they had no leisure, even to eat.
Deserts » Infested with wild beasts
And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.
Deserts » Vast barren plains
So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barleyloaves, which remained over and above to those that had eaten.
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Jeruel
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Ziph
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Maon
Deserts » Described as » Waste and howling
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Kedemoth
Deserts » Described as » Great and terrible
Deserts » Inhabited by wandering tribes
Deserts » Infested with serpents
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Mirage or deceptive appearance of water
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Damascus
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » En-gedi
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » gibeon
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Sinai
Deserts » Illustrative of » What affords no support
Deserts » Heath often found in
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Arabian or great desert
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Of the red sea
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Beth-aven
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Shur
Deserts » Described as » Uninhabited and lonesome
Deserts » Described as » Trackless
Deserts » Described as » Desolate
Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Tornadoes or whirlwinds
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Judea
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Edom
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Sin
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Kadesh
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Near gaza
But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south, to the way that goeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert way.
Deserts » Illustrative of » Those deprived of all blessings
Lions » Inhabits » Deserts
Serpents » Infest » Deserts
Topics on Deserts
Deserts, Specific
Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
