Proverbs 17:3

Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

2 Chronicles 32:31
However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Genesis 22:1
After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

Deuteronomy 13:3
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Psalms 7:9
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that you try the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

1 Chronicles 28:9
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Jeremiah 11:20
But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

Psalms 26:2
Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Psalms 139:2
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

Psalms 139:23
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

Jeremiah 20:12
But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.

Romans 8:27
He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

Hebrews 4:13
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

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Proverbs 16:30
One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?

Psalms 12:6
Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

Isaiah 1:25
I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

Ezekiel 22:18
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

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1 Peter 1:6
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

James 1:3
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

James 1:4
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:12
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Hebrews 11:17
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his only born son,

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