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.
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.
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.
Deuteronomy 13:2
13:2 and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”
Deuteronomy 32:31
32:31 For our enemies’ rock is not like our Rock,
as even our enemies concede.
Job 23:10
23:10 But he knows the pathway that I take;
if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.
Psalms 66:10
66:10 For you, O God, tested us;
you purified us like refined silver.
Proverbs 17:3
17:3 The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold,
likewise the Lord tests hearts.
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.