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

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive;

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but test the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Proveth

And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.

You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

For there must be also heresies among you, that they who are approved may be made manifest among you.

And for this cause God shall send them a strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, that had the wound by a sword, and did live.

Ye love the lord your god

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.

I speak not by commandment, but to prove by the earnestness of others, the sincerity of your love.

General references

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD has spoken; Behold, the altar shall be torn, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to stray from the words of knowledge.

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: