Exodus 15:25
Then he cried to the Lord [for help], and the Lord showed him a tree, [a branch of] which he threw into the waters, and the waters became sweet.
There the Lord made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there
Exodus 14:10
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were very frightened; so the Israelites cried out to the Lord.
Judges 3:4
They were [allowed to remain] for the testing of Israel, to determine whether Israel would listen to and obey the commandments of the Lord, which He had commanded their fathers (ancestors) through Moses.
Exodus 16:4
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will cause bread to rain from heaven for you; the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, so that I may test them [to determine] whether or not they will walk [obediently] in My instruction (law).
Deuteronomy 8:2
And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you manna in the wilderness, [a substance] which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you [by dependence on Him] and that He might test you, to do good [things] for you at the end.
Judges 2:22
in order to test [the loyalty of] Israel by them, whether Israel will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it, as their fathers did, or not.”
Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the Lord left [in order] to test Israel by them (that is, all [the people of Israel] who had not [previously] experienced any of the wars in Canaan;
Psalm 66:10
For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
Exodus 17:4
So Moses cried out to the Lord for help, saying, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
2 Kings 2:21
Then Elisha went to the spring of water and threw the salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I [not the salt] have purified and healed these waters; there shall no longer be death or barrenness because of it.’”
2 Kings 4:41
But he said, “Bring
Deuteronomy 13:3
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and all your soul [your entire being].
Joshua 24:21-25
The people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve [only] the Lord.”
Psalm 50:15
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
Psalm 81:7
“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Psalm 91:15
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who called on His name;
They called upon the Lord and He answered them.
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.
Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts,
For how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?
Jeremiah 15:1
Then the Lord said to me, “Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me [interceding for them], My heart would still not be [turned with favor] toward this people [Judah]. Send them away from My presence and out of My sight and let them go!
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message of the cross is foolishness [absurd and illogical] to those who are perishing and spiritually dead [because they reject it], but to us who are being saved [by God’s grace] it is [the manifestation of] the power of God.
1 Peter 1:6-7
In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A statute
Bible References
Cried
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.
Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who called on His name;
They called upon the Lord and He answered them.
A tree
A statute
Proved
For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.
For how else should I deal with the daughter of My people?