Deuteronomy 32:10
He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were the precious apple (pupil) of his eye.
Psalm 17:8
Keep me as if I were the pupil (apple) of your eye (center of attention). Hide me in the shadow of your wings.
Zechariah 2:8
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: 'He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.'
Proverbs 7:2
Obey my commandments and live, and my teaching like the pupil of your eye.
Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask: 'Where is Jehovah who brought us from Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a wasteland and its pits, a land of drought and the shadow of death. No one lives there or travels there.'
Hosea 13:5
I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.
Deuteronomy 4:36
He made you hear his voice out of heaven. That way he could instruct (teach) (correct) (discipline) you. He showed you his great fire on the earth. You heard his words from the middle of the fire.
Deuteronomy 8:15-16
He was the one who led you through that vast and dangerous wilderness. It was a parched, arid land, with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He was the one who made water come out of solid rock for you.
Nehemiah 9:19-21
Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.
Psalm 32:7-10
You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyous songs of salvation.
Psalm 107:4-5
They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way. They found no city to live in.
Psalm 147:19-20
He speaks his word to Jacob, his laws and judgments to Israel.
Song of Songs 8:5
(A Relative) Who is this woman who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree. There your mother experienced birth pains.
Romans 2:18
you know his will. You approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law.
Romans 3:2
Much in every way. First they were entrusted with the oracles of God.