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Judges 2:21-22
I will no longer drive out the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.I did this to test Israel— to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the Lord as their ancestors did.”
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Deuteronomy 7:22
The Lord your God will drive those nations out ahead of you little by little. You will not clear them away all at once, otherwise the wild animals would multiply too quickly for you.
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1 Peter 4 12
Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
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2 Chronicles 32 31
However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really 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 searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve.
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John 2:24
But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people.
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Zechariah 13:9
I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say,‘ These are my people,’ and they will say,‘ The Lord is our God.’”
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Judges 2:10
After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.
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Jeremiah 6:27
“ Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals, that you may determine the quality of my people.
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Proverbs 17:3
Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.
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Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.
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Job 23:10
“ But he knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
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Jeremiah 17:9-10
“ The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”
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1 Peter 1 7
These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold— though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.