Jeremiah 31:2

This is what the Lord says:

They found favor in the wilderness
the people who survived the sword.
When Israel went to find rest,

Numbers 10:33

They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey with the ark of the Lord’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Deuteronomy 1:33

who went before you on the journey to seek out a place for you to camp. He went in the fire by night and in the cloud by day to guide you on the road you were to travel.

Psalm 95:11

So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.”

Exodus 1:16

“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.”

Exodus 1:22

Pharaoh then commanded all his people: “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”

Exodus 2:23

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.

Exodus 5:21

“May the Lord take note of you and judge,” they said to them, “because you have made us reek in front of Pharaoh and his officials—putting a sword in their hand to kill us!”

Exodus 12:37

The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 soldiers on foot, besides their families.

Exodus 14:8-12

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out triumphantly.

Exodus 15:9-10

The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”

Exodus 17:8-13

At Rephidim, Amalek came and fought against Israel.

Exodus 33:14

Then He replied, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Numbers 14:20

The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested.

Deuteronomy 1:30

The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The Lord your God has been with you this past 40 years, and you have lacked nothing.’

Deuteronomy 8:2-3

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Deuteronomy 12:9

Indeed, you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.

Nehemiah 9:12-15

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,
and with a pillar of fire by night,
to illuminate the way they should go.

Psalm 78:14-16

He led them with a cloud by day
and with a fiery light throughout the night.

Psalm 78:23-29

He gave a command to the clouds above
and opened the doors of heaven.

Psalm 78:52

He led His people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

Psalm 105:37-43

Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among His tribes stumbled.

Psalm 136:16-24

He led His people in the wilderness.
        His love is eternal.

Isaiah 63:7-14

I will make known the Lord’s faithful love
and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,
because of all the Lord has done for us—
even the many good things
He has done for the house of Israel
and has done for them based on His compassion
and the abundance of His faithful love.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and announce directly to Jerusalem that this is what the Lord says:

I remember the loyalty of your youth,
your love as a bride—
how you followed Me in the wilderness,
in a land not sown.

Ezekiel 20:14-17

But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 4:8-9

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

General references

Bible References

The people

Exodus 1:16
“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.”
Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.
Exodus 5:21
“May the Lord take note of you and judge,” they said to them, “because you have made us reek in front of Pharaoh and his officials—putting a sword in their hand to kill us!”
Exodus 12:37
The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,000 soldiers on foot, besides their families.
Exodus 14:8
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out triumphantly.
Exodus 15:9
The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”
Exodus 17:8
At Rephidim, Amalek came and fought against Israel.

When

Numbers 10:33
They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey with the ark of the Lord’s covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
Deuteronomy 12:9
Indeed, you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance the Lord your God is giving you.
Psalm 95:11
So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.”
Isaiah 63:14
Like cattle that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
You led Your people this way
to make a glorious name for Yourself.
Matthew 11:28
“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 4:8
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

General references

Genesis 6:8
Noah, however, found favor in the sight of the Lord.

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