These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them al
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to yo
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and
After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LOR
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
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
so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may resul
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, an
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the l