Genesis 42:15-16
15By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here. 16Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”Genesis 42:20
20and abring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.Genesis 43:32
32They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is ban abomination to the Egyptians.Deuteronomy 8:2
2And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you cthese forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, dtesting you eto know what was in your heart, fwhether you would keep his commandments or not.Deuteronomy 8:16
16who fed you in the wilderness with gmanna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, hto do you good in the end.Deuteronomy 13:3
3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God iis testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.Matthew 10:16
Persecution Will Come
16 j“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be kwise as serpents and linnocent as doves.2 Corinthians 8:8
8 mI say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
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