Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.

let God weigh me in accurate scales,
and He will recognize my integrity.

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye.

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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For His eyes watch over a man’s ways,
and He observes all his steps.

Test me, Lord, and try me;
examine my heart and mind.