Deuteronomy 13:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Hearken

Proveth

Ye love the lord your god

Deuteronomy 6:5

2 Corinthians 8:8

General references

Bible References

Hearken

for instruction and for testimony? Surely they are speaking like this because the truth hasn't dawned on them.

These people were more receptive than those in Thessalonica. They were very willing to receive the message, and every day they carefully examined the Scriptures to see if those things were so.

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.

Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Proveth

Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way these 40 years in the desert, to humble and test you in order to make known what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

For you, God, tested us, to purify us like fine silver.

In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Of course, there must be factions among you to show which of you are genuine!

For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.

They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. Their leaving made it clear that none of them was really part of us.

Little children, you belong to God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.

Ye love the lord your god

You are to love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

I am not commanding you but testing the genuineness of your love by the enthusiasm of others.

General references

Then place my cup the silver one in the top of the sack belonging to the youngest one, along with the money he brought to buy grain." So the manager did precisely what Joseph told him to do.

But the magicians did the same thing with their secret arts, and they brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

Later that same day, he gave them a special display of power of what was to come when he said, "Here's proof that the LORD has decreed this: Look! This altar will be split apart and the ashes that are on it will spill out."

My son, if you stop listening to instruction, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here's the Messiah!' or "There he is!', don't believe it,

"At that time, if anyone says to you, "Look! Here is the Messiah!', or, "Look! There he is!' don't believe it,