Deuteronomy 8:2
2And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you athese forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, btesting you cto know what was in your heart, dwhether you would keep his commandments or not.Deuteronomy 13:3
3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God eis testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.Proverbs 17:3
3 fThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,gand the Lord tests hearts.
Zechariah 13:9
9And hI will put this third into the fire,and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
iThey will call upon my name,
and jI will answer them.
kI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Malachi 3:2-3
2But lwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For mhe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3He will sit nas a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring oofferings in righteousness to the Lord. ▼▼Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness
Hebrews 11:17
17By faith qAbraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,1 Peter 1:6-7
6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by rvarious trials, 7so that sthe tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes tthough it is tested by ufire—may be found to result in vpraise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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