Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Judges 2:21-22
I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died;
Deuteronomy 7:22
The LORD your God will cast out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the animals of the field increase on you.
Deuteronomy 8:2
You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:
Judges 2:10
Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know the LORD, nor yet the work which he had worked for Israel.
2 Chronicles 32:31
However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Job 23:10
But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
Jeremiah 6:27
"I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way."
Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
John 2:24
But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,
1 Peter 1:7
that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ?
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.
Revelation 2:23
I will kill her children with Death, and all the churches will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.