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Chapter 22
The Testing of Abraham. Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test and said to him: Abraham! “Here I am!” he replied.
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Chapter 44
Final Test. Then Joseph commanded his steward: “Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his bag.
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he cried out to the Lord, who pointed out to him a piece of wood. When he threw it into the water, the water became fresh. It was here that God, in making statutes and ordinances for them, put them to the test.
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The Quail and the Manna. Then the Lord said to Moses: I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not.
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and so they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to a test?”
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Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come only to test you and put the fear of him upon you so you do not sin.”
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of all the people who have seen my glory and the signs I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and who nevertheless have put me to the test ten times already and have not obeyed me,
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You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test, as you did at Massah.
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Remember how for these forty years the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the wilderness, so as to test you by affliction, to know what was in your heart: to keep his commandments, or not.
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and fed you in the wilderness with manna, a food unknown to your ancestors, that he might afflict you and test you, but also make you prosperous in the end.
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They will be made to test Israel, to see whether or not they will keep to the way of the Lord and continue in it as their ancestors did.
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Chapter 3
These are the nations the Lord allowed to remain, so that through them he might test Israel, all those who had not experienced any of the Canaanite wars—
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These served as a test for Israel, to know whether they would obey the commandments the Lord had enjoined on their ancestors through Moses.
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Gideon then said to God, “Do not be angry with me if I speak once more. Let me make just one more test with the fleece. Let the fleece alone be dry, but let there be dew on all the ground.”
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The Lord said to Gideon: There are still too many soldiers. Lead them down to the water and I will test them for you there. If I tell you that a certain man is to go with you, he must go with you. But no one is to go if I tell you he must not.
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Chapter 10
Solomon’s Listening Heart: The Queen of Sheba. The queen of Sheba, having heard a report of Solomon’s fame, came to test him with subtle questions.
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I know, my God, that you put hearts to the test and that you take pleasure in integrity. With a whole heart I have willingly given all these things, and now with joy I have seen your people here present also giving to you generously.
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Chapter 9
The Queen of Sheba. The queen of Sheba, having heard a report of Solomon’s fame, came to Jerusalem to test him with subtle questions, accompanied by a very numerous retinue and by camels bearing spices, a large amount of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke to him about everything that she had on her mind.
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Nevertheless, in respect to the ambassadors of the Babylonian officials who were sent to him to investigate the sign that had occurred in the land, God abandoned him as a test, to know all that was in his heart.
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I was sent to put you to the test. At the same time, however, God sent me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah.
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Who are you to put God to the test today, setting yourselves in the place of God in human affairs?
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And now it is the Lord Almighty you are putting to the test, but you will never understand anything!
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Besides all this, let us give thanks to the Lord our God for putting us to the test as he did our ancestors.
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If you have confidence in your forces, come down now to us in the plain, and let us test each other’s strength there; for the forces of the cities are on my side.
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II
The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. God’s eyes keep careful watch; they test the children of Adam.