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Deuteronomy 8:2-3 (RSV)

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2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but that man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.


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)