1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as on Mount Perazim. He will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his unusual work, and bring to pass his act, his extraordinary act.
Daniel 11:35
Some of those who are wise shall fall, to be refined, purified and cleansed until the time of the end; for the appointed time is still to come.
1 Corinthians 3:13
each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.
1 Corinthians 10:13
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
and sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;
2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
1 Peter 1:6-7
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been been grieved by various trials,
1 Peter 4:4
They think it is strange that you do not run with them into the same flood of debauchery, blaspheming:
1 Peter 5:9
Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.