Deuteronomy 8:2
8:2 Remember the whole way by which he
has brought you these forty years through the desert
so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
8:16 fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you
and eventually bring good to you.
Job 31:6
31:6 let him weigh me with honest scales;
then God will discover my integrity.
Proverbs 17:3
17:3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold,
likewise the Lord tests hearts.
Zechariah 13:9
13:9 Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire;
I will refine them like silver is refined
and will test them like gold is tested.
They will call on my name and I will answer;
I will say, ‘These are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Malachi 3:2-3
3:2 Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
3:3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering.
Malachi 3:1
3:1 “I am about to send my messenger,
who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord
you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger
of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 1:7
1:7 You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, ‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table
of the
Lord as if it is of no importance!