Deu 8:2-3, 16, 2Ch 32:31, Pro 17:3, Dan 12:10, Zec 13:9, Mal 3:2-4, 4:1-3 | ESV | STEP | And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness , that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart , whether you would keep his commandments or not.

2 And 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. 3 And he humbled you and ^elet you hunger and ^ffed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that ^gman does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word ^{▼▼Hebrew by all} that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:16

16 who fed you in the wilderness with ⁱmanna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, ^jto do you good in the end.

2 Chronicles 32:31

31 And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, ^kwho had been sent to him to inquire about ^lthe sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, ^min order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.

Proverbs 17:3

3 ⁿThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
^oand the Lord tests hearts.

Daniel 12:10

10 ^pMany shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but ^qthe wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, ^rbut those who are wise shall understand.

Zechariah 13:9

9 And ^sI will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
^tThey will call upon my name,
and ^uI will answer them.
^vI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Malachi 3:2-4

2 But ^wwho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For ^xhe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit ^yas 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 ^zofferings in righteousness to the Lord. ^{▼▼Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness} 4 ^abThen the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.

Malachi 4:1-3

The Great Day of the Lord

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew} “For behold, ^adthe day is coming, ^aeburning like an oven, when ^afall the arrogant and ^agall evildoers ^ahwill be stubble. The day that is coming ^aishall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you ^ajwho fear my name, ^akthe sun ^alof righteousness shall rise ^amwith healing in its wings. You shall go out ^anleaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, ^aoon the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.