Deuteronomy 13:3
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you, so that it may become clear whether or not you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Deuteronomy 6:5You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 8:16and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.
1 Kings 13:19And he led him back with him. Then he ate bread and drank water in his house.
Psalms 81:7But you will die like men, and you will fall just like one of the princes.
Matthew 24:24For there will arise false Christs and false prophets. And they will produce great signs and wonders, so much so as to lead into error even the elect (if this could be).
1 Corinthians 11:19For there must also be heresies, so that those who have been tested may be made manifest among you.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:2-6
Cautions Against Idolatry. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 Ye shall walk… Read the whole commentary →