Judges 3:1
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3 (A)Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to test Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not experienced all the wars in Canaan.
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Judges 2:21-22
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21 (A)I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations that Joshua left when he died, 22 in order (B)to test Israel by them, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the Lord as their fathers did, or not.”
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Proverbs 17:3
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Deuteronomy 7:22
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22 (A)The Lord your God will clear away these nations before you little by little. You may not make an end of them at once,[a] lest the wild beasts grow too numerous for you.
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- Deuteronomy 7:22 Or quickly
Judges 2:10
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10 And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.
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Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (A)who searches mind and heart, and (B)I will give to each of you according to your works.
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1 Peter 4:12
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
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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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John 2:24
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24 But Jesus (A)on his part did not entrust himself to them, because (B)he knew all people
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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.’”
Jeremiah 17:9-10
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9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
(B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
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- Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
Jeremiah 6:27
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27 “I have made you (A)a tester of metals among my people,
that you may know and (B)test their ways.
Job 23:10
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2 Chronicles 32:31
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31 And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, (A)who had been sent to him to inquire about (B)the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, (C)in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.
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Deuteronomy 8:16
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16 who fed you in the wilderness with (A)manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, (B)to do you good in the end.
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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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