Deuteronomy 13:3
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proves you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 8:16who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:
1 Kings 13:19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
Psalms 81:7You called in trouble, and I delivered you.I answered you in the secret place of thunder.I tested you at the waters of Meribah."Selah.
Matthew 24:24For there will arise false messiahs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
1 Corinthians 11:19For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed 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 →