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Abraham Tested
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
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And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
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Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
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And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
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not one of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times—
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About Levi he said: “Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful servant. You tested him at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
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But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
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then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.
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Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man!
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For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
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In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
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where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
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Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
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All this I tested by wisdom and I said, “I am determined to be wise”— but this was beyond me.
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So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic.
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See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
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So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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The Demand for a Sign
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
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One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
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Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
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Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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Others tested him by asking for a sign from heaven.
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They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
