Deuteronomy 8:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Now in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses gave to the children of Israel all the orders which the Lord had given him for them;

For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.

For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.

To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

And I took you up out of the land of Egypt, guiding you for forty years in the waste land, so that you might take for your heritage the land of the Amorite.

To humble

But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

In order that man may be turned from his evil works, and that pride may be taken away from him;

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

And the high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low: and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

Prove thee

Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

And in answer to his prayer, the Lord made him see a tree, and when he put it into the water, the water was made sweet. There he gave them a law and an order, testing them;

Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.

However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

To know

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

General references

And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

To him who took his people through the waste land: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Give no thought to the things which are past; let the early times go out of your minds.

But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.