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For in fire gold is tested, and the chosen, in the crucible of humiliation.
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“I will walk with them in disguise, and at first I will test them with trials. Fear and dread I will bring upon them and I will discipline them with my constraints. When their hearts are fully with me,
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When you gain friends, gain them through testing, and do not be quick to trust them.
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Do not venture to be free with them, do not trust their many words; For by prolonged talk they will test you, and though smiling they will probe you.
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Before making a vow prepare yourself; do not be like one who puts the Lord to the test.
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The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; the test of a person is in conversation.
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Praise no one before he speaks, for it is then that people are tested.
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Who has been tested by gold and been found perfect? Let it be for him his glory; Who could have sinned but did not, and could have done evil but did not?
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People bless one who is generous with food, and this testimony to his goodness is lasting.
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The city complains about one who is stingy with food, and this testimony to his stinginess is lasting.
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As the furnace tests the work of the smith, so does wine the hearts of the insolent.
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The palate tests delicacies put forward as gifts, so does a keen mind test deceitful tidbits.
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He is in attendance on the great, and appears before rulers. He travels among the peoples of foreign lands to test what is good and evil among people.
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Of accuracy of scales and balances, of tested measures and weights; Of acquiring much or little,
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He observed the Most High’s command, and entered into a covenant with him; In his own flesh he incised the ordinance, and when tested was found loyal.
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When Samuel neared the end of life, he testified before the Lord and his anointed prince, “No bribe or secret gift have I taken from anyone!” and no one could accuse him.