Deuteronomy 8:3
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 out of the mouth of the Lord.
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In Context
4Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
Cross References
Exodus 16:2And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:
Exodus 16:12The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 29:5For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.
Psalms 37:3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
Psalms 104:27All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.
Matthew 4:4But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:2-10
A Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and… Read the whole commentary →