Psalm 66:10
For You have tested us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
Psalm 17:3
You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.
Isaiah 48:10
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Zechariah 13:9
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
1 Peter 1:6-7
In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
Deuteronomy 8:2
And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart (mind), whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you manna in the wilderness, [a substance] which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you [by dependence on Him] and that He might test you, to do good [things] for you at the end.
Deuteronomy 13:3
you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and all your soul [your entire being].
Job 23:10
“But He knows the way that I take [and He pays attention to it].
When He has tried me, I will come forth as [refined] gold [pure and luminous].
Proverbs 17:3
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Hast proved us
General references
Bible References
Hast proved us
You have tried my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
You have tested me and You find nothing [evil in me];
I intend that my mouth will not transgress.
Tried
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will listen and answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
General references
Examine me, O Lord, and try me;
Test my heart and my mind.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.