Job 23:10
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James 1:12
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12 (A)Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive (B)the crown of life, (C)which God has promised to those who love him.
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 so that (A)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes (B)though it is tested by (C)fire—may be found to result in (D)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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James 1:2-4
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Testing of Your Faith
2 (A)Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials (B)of various kinds, 3 for you know that (C)the testing of your faith (D)produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be (E)perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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Psalm 139:1-3
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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
139 O Lord, you have (A)searched me and known me!
2 You (B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you (C)discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Zechariah 13:9
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9 And (A)I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
(B)They will call upon my name,
and (C)I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Psalm 66:10
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10 For you, O God, have (A)tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
Proverbs 17:3
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Psalm 17:3
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3 You have (A)tried my heart, you have (B)visited me by (C)night,
you have (D)tested me, and you will find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
Hebrews 11:17
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17 By faith (A)Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,
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Job 1:11-12
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11 But (A)stretch out your hand and (B)touch all that he has, and he will (C)curse you (D)to your face.” 12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
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2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (A)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (B)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
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John 21:17
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17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (A)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (B)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (C)my sheep.
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Malachi 3:2-3
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2 But (A)who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For (B)he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. 3 He will sit (C)as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring (D)offerings in righteousness to the Lord.[a]
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- Malachi 3:3 Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness
Psalm 1:6
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Job 42:5-8
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5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent[a] in (A)dust and ashes.”
The Lord Rebukes Job's Friends
7 After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz (B)the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. 8 Now therefore take (C)seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and (D)offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall (E)pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
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- Job 42:6 Or and am comforted
Deuteronomy 8:2
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2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you (A)these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, (B)testing you (C)to know what was in your heart, (D)whether you would keep his commandments or not.
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Job 2:5-6
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5 But (A)stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will (B)curse you to your face.” 6 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life.”
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2 Kings 20:3
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3 “Now, O Lord, (A)please remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and (B)with a whole heart, (C)and have done what is good in your sight.” (D)And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have (A)chosen[a] him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”
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- Genesis 18:19 Hebrew known
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