Deuteronomy 32:10
The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.
Psalm 17:8
Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!
Zechariah 2:8
For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you -- for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?'
Hosea 13:5
I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.
Deuteronomy 4:36
From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.
Deuteronomy 8:15-16
and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and
Nehemiah 9:19-21
"Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.
Psalm 32:7-10
You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah)
Psalm 107:4-5
They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live.
Psalm 147:19-20
He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.
Song of Songs 8:5
The Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.
Romans 2:18
and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law,
Romans 3:2
Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.