And the LORD said unto Gideon, "The people are yet too many, bring them down unto the water, and I will try them unto thee there. And of whom I say unto thee, this shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee. And whosoever I say unto thee, this shall not go with thee, the same shall not go."

After these deeds, God did prove Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham." And he answered, "Here am I."

Then said Jonathan to the young man that bare his harness, "Come, and let us go over unto the standing of these uncircumcised, peradventure the LORD will work with us: for the LORD is free to save with many or with few."

But the LORD said unto Samuel, "Look not on his fashion nor on the height of his stature, for I have refused him. Because it is not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance: but the LORD beholdeth the heart."

But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.

O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins.

There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.

"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways.

Who shall endure in the day of his coming, or who shall stand to behold him? For he is as trying fire, and as the herb that fullers scour withal.

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And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

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There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of a host; neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength.

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After these deeds, God did prove Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham." And he answered, "Here am I."
But the LORD said unto Samuel, "Look not on his fashion nor on the height of his stature, for I have refused him. Because it is not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance: but the LORD beholdeth the heart."
But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.
O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins.
For thou, O God, hast proved us; thou hast tried us like as silver is tried.
"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways.
Who shall endure in the day of his coming, or who shall stand to behold him? For he is as trying fire, and as the herb that fullers scour withal.
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