17 Bible Verses about Temporary Stay In The Wilderness
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The angel of Jehovah found Hagar near a spring in the desert. It was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.
The people cried loudly as David's followers left. The king crossed Kidron Brook. His men followed him. They went to the wilderness.
Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.
They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way. They found no city to live in.
God's Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. There he was tested (tempted) by the Devil.
He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it was over he was hungry.
But the man gave a public account of his healing everywhere he went. Soon crowds surrounded Jesus and he could not enter a town publicly. He had to stay in secluded places and people continued to come to him.
When these men left, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John. What did you go into the wilderness to find? Did you look for a reed shaken by the wind?
After John's disciples departed he told the crowd about John: What did you go into the wilderness to find? Was it a reed shaken with the wind?
The disciples replied: Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?
If they say, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' or, 'He is in the inner chambers,' do not believe it.
As the day wore on the twelve came to him and said: Send the people away, that they may go into the villages and country nearby to find lodging and get food, for we are here in a lonely place.
Jesus did not walk openly among the Jews anymore. He departed into the wilderness of the nearby country. He and his disciples stayed at a city called Ephraim.
Are you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand assassins into the desert?
The world was not worthy of them! They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
