Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
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Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and latter rain.
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My eyes fail for thy word, while I say, When will thou comfort me?
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When therefore he heard that he is sick, then he actually remained two days in that place he was.
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But I am poor and needy, [yet] LORD thinks upon me. Thou are my help and my deliverer. Make no delay, O my God.
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I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou were here, my brother would not have died.
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The Lord is not slack about his promise, as some regard slackness, but is patient toward us, not wanting any to perish, but all to go forward to repentance.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out to the place that he was going to take for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
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By faith Abraham, being tested, offered Isaac. And he who received the promises offered his only begotten son,
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so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ.
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knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
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And when he came into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord.
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And Jesus said to her, Allow the children first be filled, for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the house dogs.
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And others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, and moreover of bonds and imprisonment.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
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In Gibeon LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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LORD tries the righteous man, but his soul hates the wicked man and him who loves violence.
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O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
And thou shall remember all the way which LORD thy God has led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou would keep his commandments, or not.
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thou shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams, for LORD your God proves you, to know whether ye love LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » Final
each man's work will become manifest. For the day will make it known, because it is revealed by fire. And the fire will test each man's work of what kind it is.
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Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » process
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 hear them. I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, LORD i
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And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to LORD offerings in righteousness.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
And Moses said to the people, Fear not, for God has come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye not sin.
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And it came to pass after these things, that God proved Abraham, and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By proposing hard tasks
When therefore he heard that he is sick, then he actually remained two days in that place he was.
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Jesus therefore having lifted up his eyes, and having seen that a great multitude comes to him, he says to Philip, From where will we buy loaves, so that these may eat? But he said this testing him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely, who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
And Elijah said to her, Fear not, go and do as thou have said. But make me of it a little cake first, and bring it forth to me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou love, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when ye encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight
Then he said, Go, borrow for thee vessels abroad from all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » inward life
Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
And ye shall encompass the city, all the men of war, going around the city once. Thus shall thou do six days.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By reducing a general's army
And LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand. And let all the people go every man to his place.
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » storm
He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.
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