He made you go hungry, and then he gave you manna to eat, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did this to teach you that you must not depend on bread alone to sustain you, but on everything that the LORD says.

When the Israelites saw it, they didn't know what it was and asked each other, "What is it?" Moses said to them, "This is the food that the LORD has given you to eat.

So it is best for us to wait in patience---to wait for him to save us---

When we suffer, we should sit alone in silent patience;

Though beaten and insulted, we should accept it all.

He may bring us sorrow, but his love for us is sure and strong.

"I, the LORD, the God of Israel, consider that the people who were taken away to Babylonia are like these good figs, and I will treat them with kindness.

I will watch over them and bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not pull them up.

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.

Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.

When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.

Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him.

Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.