'Wilderness' in the Bible

“But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them. They also completely profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them in the wilderness to put an end to them.

However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey—

But I spared them from destruction and did not bring them to an end in the wilderness.

“Then I said to their children in the wilderness: Don’t follow the statutes of your fathers, defile yourselves with their idols, or keep their ordinances.

“But the children rebelled against Me. They did not follow My statutes or carefully keep My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them and exhausting My anger against them in the wilderness.

However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

I will lead you into the wilderness of the peoples and enter into judgment with you there face to face.

Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate dangerous animals in the land, so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Therefore, I am going to persuade her,lead her to the wilderness,and speak tenderly to her.

I discovered Israellike grapes in the wilderness.I saw your fatherslike the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.But they went to Baal-peor,consecrated themselves to Shame,and became detestable,like the thing they loved.

I knew you in the wilderness,in the land of drought.

I call to You, Lord,for fire has consumedthe pastures of the wilderness,and flames have devouredall the trees of the countryside.

Even the wild animals cry out to You,for the river beds are dried up,and fire has consumedthe pastures of the wilderness. >

Don’t be afraid, wild animals,for the wilderness pastures have turned green,the trees bear their fruit,and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches.

And I brought you from the land of Egyptand led you 40 years in the wildernessin order to possess the land of the Amorite.

“House of Israel, was it sacrifices and grain offerings that you presented to Me during the 40 years in the wilderness?

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea

For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:Prepare the way for the Lord;make His paths straight!

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

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?

When evening came, the disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late. Send the crowds away so they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

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.

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:Prepare the way for the Lord;make His paths straight!

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

When it was already late, His disciples approached Him and said, “This place is a wilderness, and it is already late!

The child grew up and became spiritually strong, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:Prepare the way for the Lord;make His paths straight!

Then Jesus returned from the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

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?

He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord—just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

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.

The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, to be fed there for 1,260 days.

The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was fed for a time, times, and half a time.