Exodus 15:25-26
15:25 He cried out to the
Lord, and the
Lord showed him
a tree.
When Moses
threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord
made for them
a binding ordinance,
and there he tested
them.
15:26 He said, “If you will diligently obey
the
Lord your God, and do what is right
in his sight, and pay attention
to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all
the diseases
that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the
Lord, am your healer.”
Genesis 22:1
The Sacrifice of Isaac
22:1 Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied.
Genesis 22:12
22:12 “Do not harm the boy!”
the angel said.
“Do not do anything to him, for now I know
that you fear
God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me.”
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 13:3
13:3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer,
for the
Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him
with all your mind and being.