Bible verses about Deserts
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Vast barren plains Exodus 5:3; John 6:13 Uninhabited places Matthew 14:15; Mark 6:31 DESCRIBED AS Uninhabited and lonesome Jeremiah 2:6 Uncultivated Numbers 20:5; Jeremiah 2:2 Desolate Ezekiel 6:14 Dry and without water Exodus 17:1; Deuteronomy 8:15 Trackless Isaiah 43:19 Great and terrible Deuteronomy 1:19 Waste and howling Deuteronomy 32:10 Infested with wild beasts Isaiah 13:21; Mark 1:13 Infested with serpents Deuteronomy 8:15 Infested with robbers Jeremiah 3:2; Lamentations 4:19 Danger of travelling in Exodus 14:3; II Corinthians 11:26 Guides required in Numbers 10:31; Deuteronomy 32:10 PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO Mirage or deceptive appearance of water Jeremiah 15:18 Simoom or deadly wind II Kings 19:7; Jeremiah 4:11 Tornadoes or whirlwinds Isaiah 21:1 Clouds of sand and dust Deuteronomy 28:24; Jeremiah 4:12,13 MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE Arabian or great desert Exodus 23:31 Bethaven Joshua 18:12 Beersheba Genesis 21:14; I Kings 19:3,4 Damascus I Kings 19:15 Edom II Kings 3:8 Engedi I Samuel 24:1 Gibeon II Samuel 2:24 Judea Matthew 3:1 Jeruel II Chronicles 20:16 Kedemoth Deuteronomy 2:26 Kadesh Psalms 29:8 Maon I Samuel 23:24,25 Paran Genesis 21:21; Numbers 10:12 Shur Genesis 16:7 Sin Exodus 16:1 Sinai Exodus 19:1,2; Numbers 33:16 Ziph I Samuel 23:14,15 Zin Numbers 20:1; 27:14 Of the Red Sea Exodus 13:18 Near Gaza Acts 8:26 Heath often found in Jeremiah 17:6 Parts of, afforded pasture Genesis 36:24; Exodus 3:1 Inhabited by wandering tribes Genesis 21:20,21; Psalms 72:9; Jeremiah 25:24 The persecuted fled to I Samuel 23:14; Hebrews 11:38 The disaffected fled to I Samuel 22:2; Acts 21:38 ILLUSTRATIVE OF Barrenness Psalms 106:9; 107:33,35 Those deprived of blessings Hosea 2:3 The world Solomon 3:6; 8:5 The Gentiles Isaiah 35:1,6; 41:19 What affords no support Jeremiah 2:31 Desolation by armies Jeremiah 12:10-13; 50:12

 

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