God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. ¹  His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt. ² 

But as for you, ¹  turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea.” ² 

Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth ¹  Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:

They did not see ¹  what he did to you in the desert before you reached this place,

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving ¹  for meat; ²  they challenged God ³  in the desert.

to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures,

Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ¹  to be tempted by the devil.

the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make ¹  his paths straight.’” ² 

In the wilderness ¹  John the baptizer ²  began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ³ 

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

Yet Jesus himself ¹  frequently withdrew ²  to the wilderness ³  and prayed.

¹ Then Moses led Israel to journey ²  away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days ³  into the desert, and found no water.

David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, ¹  but God did not deliver David ²  into his hand.

and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert. ¹ 

He then asked, “Which invasion route are we going to take?” ¹  Jehoram ²  answered, “By the road through the Desert of Edom.”

He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath.