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Deuteronomy 8:2-3 (Basic)

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2 And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not. 3 And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 2) Testing / Tests - Tests are to see whether or not you would keep his commands
(v. 2) Heart - Tests are to humble us and to know what is in our hearts
(v. 2) Obedience - Tests are to see whether or not you would keep his commands
(v. 2) Humility - Tests are to humble us and to know what is in our hearts
(v. 2) Suffering / Hardship - Tests are to humble us and to know what is in our hearts
(v. 3) Fasting - Fasting and hunger humbles us

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 2) Does God know the hearts of men or not? God test you in order to know what was in your heart

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 2) Man of Prayer - Praying for Provision (part 2) (2008-10-25)
(v. 2) Take the test (part 1) (2010-06-06)
(v. 2) Getting Started (part II) (2011-11-20)
(v. 3) Man of Prayer - Praying for Provision (part 2) (2008-10-25)
(v. 3) Getting Started (part II) (2011-11-20)