Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap.

Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold -- gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away -- and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person's steps.

Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!