17 Bible Verses about Temporary Stay In The Wilderness

The Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly while all the people were marching past. As the king was crossing the Kidron Valley, all the people were marching past on the road that leads to the desert.

but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”

Some wandered in the desolate wilderness,
finding no way to a city where they could live.

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the Devil.

for 40 days to be tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, He was hungry.

Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere.

As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

After John’s messengers left, He began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

The disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to fill such a crowd?”

So if they tell you, ‘Look, He’s in the wilderness!’ don’t go out; ‘Look, He’s in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.

Yet He often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.

Late in the day, the Twelve approached and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find food and lodging, because we are in a deserted place here.”

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.

Aren’t you the Egyptian who raised a rebellion some time ago and led 4,000 Assassins into the wilderness?”

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.