By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome fr
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to yo
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it wi
But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the pro
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is bl
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the l
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My n
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and
But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but hav
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,