Topic

Wilderness

Passages from across the Bible

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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Wandering of the Israelites in, see [4228]ISRAEL

Typical of the sinner' s state

  • Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

Jesus' temptation in

  • Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
  • Mark 1:12–13 At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
  • Luke 4:1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

See Desert

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “wilderness” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.