Deuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 8:15 describes the same wilderness journey—the great and terrible wilderness with serpents and water from rock.
Deuteronomy 8:16 recounts the manna provision in the wilderness, directly paralleling God's care and testing described here.
Deuteronomy 1:19 describes the 'great and terrible wilderness' journey — providing the narrative context for this poetic summary.
Nehemiah 9:19-21 gives a detailed summary of God's guidance, provision, and protection in the wilderness, expanding on this verse.
Nehemiah 9:20 recounts God's provision of manna and water, directly illustrating the care mentioned here.
Psalm 17:8 uses the same 'apple of your eye' phrase, appealing for the same intimate protection described here.
Proverbs 7:2 uses the same 'apple of your eye' idiom — urging us to guard God's law as God guards His people.
Jeremiah 2:6 recalls God leading Israel through the same desert wilderness, highlighting their forgetfulness of this care.
Hosea 13:5 echoes God knowing Israel in the wilderness, reinforcing the personal care theme of this verse.
Zechariah 2:8 echoes this phrase: touching Israel touches the apple of God's eye — reaffirming Israel's preciousness.
Exodus 13:18 recounts God leading Israel 'about' through the wilderness — the same historical event described here poetically.
Ezekiel 16:7 depicts God finding and nurturing Israel when she was abandoned — parallel to finding him in the desert wilderness.
Hosea 9:10 says 'I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness' — directly quoting the finding and wilderness setting.
Hosea 11:3 describes God teaching Ephraim to walk — similar to the instruction and leading mentioned here.