The word in Scripture

Desert in the Bible

The word desert appears 42 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The desert is a dry, desolate land where God provides. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What desert means in the Bible

The desert is a dry, desolate land where God provides.

Where the word desert appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word desert appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!”Psalms 78:40

“I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.”Psalms 102:6

“The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.”Isaiah 21:1

“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”Isaiah 35:1

“And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.”Matthew 14:15

“And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.”Mark 6:32

“And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.”Luke 4:42

“Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”John 6:31