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.2 Chronicles 32:31
31And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, ewho had been sent to him to inquire about fthe sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, gin order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.Job 1:11-12
11But hstretch out your hand and itouch all that he has, and he will jcurse you kto your face.” 12And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.Job 2:3-6
3And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still lholds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him mwithout reason.” 4Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5But nstretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will ocurse you to your face.” 6And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”Proverbs 17:3
3 pThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,qand the Lord tests hearts.
Daniel 11:35
35and some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, rpurified, and smade white, until tthe time of the end, ufor it still awaits the appointed time.Zechariah 13:9
9And vI will put this third into the fire,and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
wThey will call upon my name,
and xI will answer them.
yI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
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