1 Corinthians 1:18

For to those who are on the way to destruction, the story of the cross is nonsense, but to us who are to be saved, it means all the power of God.

1 Peter 1:6-7

Rejoice over this, although just now perhaps distressed by various trials;

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And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Proved

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A tree

1 Corinthians 1:18
For to those who are on the way to destruction, the story of the cross is nonsense, but to us who are to be saved, it means all the power of God.

Proved

1 Peter 1:6
Rejoice over this, although just now perhaps distressed by various trials;