Deuteronomy 8:2

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Summary

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Led thee

Amos 2:10

To humble

Prove thee

To know

Jeremiah 17:9

John 2:25

Revelation 2:23

General references

Bible References

Led thee

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the Lord had commanded him to give to them,

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’

I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

“It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And I led you in the wilderness forty years

That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

To humble

But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And keep man from pride;

“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now my eye sees You;

The pride of man will be humbled
And the loftiness of men will be abased;
And the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Prove thee

In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out if you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction.

Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

“You called in trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I proved you at the waters of Meribah.

Selah.

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.

“But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces

endurance.

so that the

proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

To know

“The heart is more deceitful than all else
And is desperately sick;
Who can understand it?

and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man.

And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

General references

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph had told him.

To Him who led His people through the wilderness,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting;

“Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.

But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.”