Exodus 15:25

25And he acried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log,
Or tree
and he cthrew it into the water, and the water became sweet.

There the Lord
Hebrew he
made for them a statute and a rule, and there he etested them,

Deuteronomy 33:8

8And fof Levi he said,

“Give to Levi
Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks  Give to Levi
hyour Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
iwhom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

Judges 2:22

22in order jto test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.”

Judges 3:1

1 kNow these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.

1 Corinthians 11:19

19for lthere must be factions among you in order mthat those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan nwith all power and false signs and wonders, 10and with all wicked deception for othose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore pGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe qwhat is false, 12in order that all may be condemned rwho did not believe the truth but shad pleasure in unrighteousness.

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