Thematic Bible: Divine methods used for testing believers
Thematic Bible
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Be patient, therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently until it receives the early and latter rain.
Mine eyes fail for thy spoken word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
When I am poor and needy; the Lord will remember me; thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Then Martha said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.
The Lord is not late concerning his promise, as some count lateness, but is patient with us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Verse Concepts
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth.
However, because of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what you wish that I shall give thee.
The LORD tries the righteous, but the wicked and he that loves violence his soul hates.
Let wickedness consume the wicked; but establish the just: for the righteous God is he who tries the hearts and kidneys.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And thou shalt remember all the way by which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness to afflict thee and to prove thee to know what was in thine heart, whether thou would keep his commandments, or not.
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God proves you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
Then Moses said unto the people, Fear not, for God is come to prove you and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
And it came to pass after these things that God proved Abraham and said unto him, Abraham; and he said, Behold, here I am.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and saw a great company come unto him; he said unto Philip, From where shall we buy bread that these may eat? But he said this to prove him, for he knew what he would do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely, who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison and made their feet fast in the stocks.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into diverse trials, knowing that the proving of your faith works patience,