10 But (A)He knows the way that I take;
When (B)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

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Loving God Under Trials

12 (A)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive (B)the crown of life (C)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

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that (A)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (B)it is tested by fire, (C)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

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Profiting from Trials

My brethren, (A)count it all joy (B)when you fall into various trials, (C)knowing that the testing of your faith produces [a]patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [b]perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:3 endurance or perseverance
  2. James 1:4 mature

God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, (A)You have searched me and known me.
(B)You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You (C)understand my thought afar off.
(D)You [a]comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.

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  1. Psalm 139:3 Lit. winnow

I will bring the one-third (A)through the fire,
Will (B)refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call on My name,
And I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘This is My people’;
And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”

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10 For (A)You, O God, have tested us;
(B)You have refined us as silver is refined.

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The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
(A)But the Lord tests the hearts.

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You have tested my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
(A)You have [a]tried me and have found [b]nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth shall not (B)transgress.

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  1. Psalm 17:3 examined
  2. Psalm 17:3 Nothing evil

The Faith of the Patriarchs(A)

17 By faith Abraham, (B)when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

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11 (A)But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely (B)curse[a] You to Your face!”

12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your [b]power; only do not lay a hand on his person.

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

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  1. Job 1:11 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5
  2. Job 1:12 Lit. hand

19 Nevertheless (A)the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord (B)knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of [a]Christ depart from iniquity.”

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  1. 2 Timothy 2:19 NU, M the Lord

17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of [a]Jonah, do you [b]love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?”

And he said to Him, “Lord, (A)You know all things; You know that I love You.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

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  1. John 21:17 NU John
  2. John 21:17 have affection for

“But who can endure (A)the day of His coming?
And (B)who can stand when He appears?
For (C)He is like a refiner’s fire
And like launderers’ soap.
(D)He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And [a]purge them as gold and silver,
That they may (E)offer to the Lord
An offering in righteousness.

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  1. Malachi 3:3 Or refine

For (A)the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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“I have (A)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
Therefore I (B)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”

And so it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has. Now therefore, take for yourselves (C)seven bulls and seven rams, (D)go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall (E)pray for you. For I will accept [b]him, lest I deal with you according to your folly; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

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  1. Job 42:6 despise
  2. Job 42:8 Lit. his face

And you shall remember that the Lord your God (A)led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and (B)test you, (C)to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

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(A)But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his (B)bone and his flesh, and he will surely [a]curse You to Your face!”

(C)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

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  1. Job 2:5 Lit. bless, but in an evil sense; cf. Job 1:5

(A)“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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19 For I have known him, in order (A)that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”

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