Bible Verses about “wilderness”
The Bible contains 43 verses about wilderness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
“But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"”
“Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"”
“Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"”
“Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,”
“Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.”
“He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."”
“The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.”
“He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men."”
“and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and, 'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"”
“When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.”
“the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned."”
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”
“The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."”
“Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.”
“From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."”
“Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.”
“Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.”
“They immediately left their nets and followed him.”
“Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.”
“They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.”
“Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.”
“Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,”
“that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,”
“"The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,”
“Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.”
“The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.”
“The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.”
“God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.”
“Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."”
“God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.”
“The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.”
“He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."”
“The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."”
“The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."”
“He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.”
“God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.”
“Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.”
“"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.”
“I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.”
“In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,”
“Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.”
“He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.”