1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

1 Peter 1:6-7

Exult in this, though now for a brief moment, if need be, you have suffered many hardships.

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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 the message of the Cross is indeed for those on their way to destruction, foolishness; but for us who are on our way to salvation it is the power of God.

Proved

1 Peter 1:6
Exult in this, though now for a brief moment, if need be, you have suffered many hardships.