Genesis 42:15-16
42:15 You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives,
you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
42:16 One of you must go and get
your brother, while
the rest of you remain in prison.
In this way your words may be tested to see if
you are telling the truth.
If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Genesis 42:20
42:20 But you must bring
your youngest brother to me. Then
your words will be verified
and you will not die.” They did as he said.
Genesis 43:32
43:32 They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers,
and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him. (The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting
to do so.)
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.
Matthew 10:16
Persecution of Disciples
10:16 “I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:2
10:2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles:
first, Simon
(called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;
Colossians 1:8
1:8 who also told us of your love in the Spirit.