Psalm 11:5
New Living Translation
5 The Lord examines both the righteous and the wicked.
He hates those who love violence.
Proverbs 6:16-19
New Living Translation
16 There are six things the Lord hates—
no, seven things he detests:
17 haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that kill the innocent,
18 a heart that plots evil,
feet that race to do wrong,
19 a false witness who pours out lies,
a person who sows discord in a family.
James 1:12
New Living Translation
12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
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1 Peter 4:12
New Living Translation
Suffering for Being a Christian
12 Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
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1 Peter 1:7
New Living Translation
7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
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Psalm 26:2
New Living Translation
2 Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me.
Test my motives and my heart.
Psalm 7:9
New Living Translation
9 End the evil of those who are wicked,
and defend the righteous.
For you look deep within the mind and heart,
O righteous God.
Genesis 22:1
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Abraham’s Faith Tested
22 Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called.
“Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.”
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Psalm 21:8
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8 You will capture all your enemies.
Your strong right hand will seize all who hate you.
Psalm 5:4-5
New Living Translation
4 O God, you take no pleasure in wickedness;
you cannot tolerate the sins of the wicked.
5 Therefore, the proud may not stand in your presence,
for you hate all who do evil.
Zechariah 11:8
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8 I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month.
But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.
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Jeremiah 12:8
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8 My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest,
so I have treated them with contempt.
Psalm 139:23-24
New Living Translation
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalm 139:1
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Psalm 139
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
Psalm 17:3
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3 You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.
You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.
I am determined not to sin in what I say.
Psalm 10:3
New Living Translation
3 For they brag about their evil desires;
they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.
Malachi 3:3
New Living Translation
3 He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the Lord.
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Zechariah 13:9
New Living Translation
9 I will bring that group through the fire
and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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