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

And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Jehovah had given him in command to them;

for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not grown old upon you, and thy sandal is not grown old upon thy foot;

To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

To humble

But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was lifted up; and there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.

And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

That he may withdraw man from his work, and hide pride from man.

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee:

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day:

I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than that other. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace.

Prove thee

who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

And it came to pass after these things, that God tried Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! and he said, Here am I.

And he cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah shewed him wood, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance; and there he tested them.

Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

However in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

But who shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.

knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:

To know

The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know it?

and that he had not need that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man.

and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that I am he that searches the reins and the hearts; and I will give to you each according to your works.

General references

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

To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

Remember not the former things, neither consider the ancient things:

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to him and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.