10 Bible Verses about Deserts

Most Relevant Verses

Hebrews 3:17

And with whom was he grieved for forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, and whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

1 Corinthians 10:5

But in most of them God was not well pleased, for they were laid low in the desert.

Matthew 3:3

This John it was of whom it was said through Isaiah, the prophet, The voice of one who cries aloud in the desert, "Prepare a way for the Lord, Make the paths straight for him."

John 6:31

"Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"

From Thematic Bible


Beasts » Found in » Deserts

Birds » Inhabit » Deserts

Deserts » Notable

Deserts » General references to

Luke 9:10

On their return the apostles told him what they had done. and he took them and withdrew in private to a town called Bethsaida.

Mark 6:32

So they sailed away privately to a solitary place.

Luke 4:42

And when it was daybreak he left the town, and went away to a solitary place; and the crowd kept seeking him. Coming at length upon him, they attempted to detain him so that he should not leave them.

More verses: Exodus 5:3

Deserts » Illustrative of » The world

Deserts » Illustrative of » Barrenness

Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Clouds of sand and dust

Deserts » Illustrative of » Desolation by armies

Deserts » Danger of travelling in

2 Corinthians 11:26

My journeys have been many; in perils of rivers, in perils of bandits; in perils from my countrymen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness; in perils on the sea, in perils among false brothers;

Deserts » Guides required in

Deserts » Infested with robbers

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Beer-sheba

Deserts » Described as » Dry and without water

Deserts » The persecuted fled to

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Paran

Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Simoom or deadly wind

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Zin

Deserts » Described as » Uncultivated

Deserts » Illustrative of » The gentiles

Deserts » Parts of, afforded pasture

Deserts » The disaffected fled to

Acts 21:38

"Do you know Greek?" said the tribune; "Are you not, then, the Egyptian who in days gone by stirred up to sedition, and let into the wilderness the four thousand cutthroats?"

Deserts » Uninhabited places

Matthew 14:15

As twilight fell, his disciples came to him and said: "This is a lonely spot, and the day is far spent; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food."

Mark 6:31

Then he said to them, "Come apart, yourselves, to a quiet spot, and rest a while." For there were many coming and going, and they could not get time even to eat.

Deserts » Infested with wild beasts

Deserts » Vast barren plains

John 6:13

So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves??he broken pieces that were left after they had eaten.

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Jeruel

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Ziph

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Maon

Deserts » Described as » Waste and howling

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Kedemoth

Deserts » Described as » Great and terrible

Deserts » Inhabited by wandering tribes

Deserts » Infested with serpents

Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Mirage or deceptive appearance of water

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Damascus

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » En-gedi

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » gibeon

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Sinai

Deserts » Illustrative of » What affords no support

Deserts » Heath often found in

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Arabian or great desert

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Of the red sea

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Beth-aven

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Shur

Deserts » Described as » Uninhabited and lonesome

Deserts » Described as » Trackless

Deserts » Described as » Desolate

Deserts » Phenomena of, alluded to » Tornadoes or whirlwinds

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Judea

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Edom

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Sin

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Kadesh

Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Near gaza

Deserts » Illustrative of » Those deprived of all blessings

Lions » Inhabits » Deserts

Serpents » Infest » Deserts

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