And remember thou all the way which Jehovah thy God caused thee to go this forty years in the desert in order to humble thee, to try thee, to know what is in thy heart, whether thou shalt watch his commands or not

He shall weigh me in balances of justice, and God will know mine integrity.

The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold: and Jehovah tries hearts.

And I brought the third through fire, and I purified them as purifying silver, and I tried them as trying gold: he shall call on my name and I will answer him: I said, He is my people; and he shall say, Jehovah my God.

And who enduring the day of his coming? and who standing in his being seen? for he is as the fire of the crucible, as the alkali of the fuller.

That the proof of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, and being tried by fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

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

Prove me, O Jehovah, and try me; refine my reins and my heart