Genesis 22:1
The Sacrifice of Isaac
1After these things aGod tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”Deuteronomy 8:2
2And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you bthese forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, ctesting you dto know what was in your heart, ewhether you would keep his commandments or not.Deuteronomy 8:16
16who fed you in the wilderness with fmanna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, gto do you good in the end.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.”Psalms 139:1-2
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, you have psearched me and known me!2You qknow when I sit down and when I rise up;
you rdiscern my thoughts from afar.
Psalms 139:23-24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!sTry me and know my thoughts! ▼
▼Or cares
24And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and ulead me in vthe way everlasting! ▼
▼Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)
Proverbs 17:3
3 xThe crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,yand the Lord tests hearts.
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