And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but Jehovah trieth the hearts.

And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

But who shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.

that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in the revelation of Jesus Christ:

General references

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.

Prove me, Jehovah, and test me; try my reins and my heart: