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Judges 2:21-22
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.I did this to test Israel and to see whether or not they would keep the LORD’s way by walking in it, as their ancestors had.”
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Deuteronomy 7:22
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to destroy them all at once; otherwise, the wild animals will become too numerous for you.
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1 Peter 4 12
Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you.
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2 Chronicles 32 31
When the ambassadors of Babylon’s rulers were sent to him to inquire about the miraculous sign that happened in the land, God left him to test him and discover what was in his heart.
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Revelation 2:23
I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
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John 2:24
Jesus, however, would not entrust himself to them, since he knew them all
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Zechariah 13:9
I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say,‘ They are my people,’ and they will say,‘ The LORD is our God.’”
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Judges 2:10
That whole generation was also gathered to their ancestors. After them another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works he had done for Israel.
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Jeremiah 6:27
I have appointed you to be an assayer among my people— a refiner— so you may know and assay their way of life.
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Proverbs 17:3
A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the LORD is the tester of hearts.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember that the LORD your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
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Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper.
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Job 23:10
Yet he knows the way I have taken; when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
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Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable— who can understand it?I, the LORD, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.
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1 Peter 1 7
so that the proven character of your faith— more valuable than gold which, though perishable, is refined by fire— may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.