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, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your 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 over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
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My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
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When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
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But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
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I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
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Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
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The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Other examples of
By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
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By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
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that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ --
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knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
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But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
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Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By giving opportunities for choice
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
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However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes 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 Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I shall give you."
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Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.
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Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By leading men in a difficult way
You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
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you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh your God proves you, to know whether you love Yahweh 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 be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.
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Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been 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
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
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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 Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By demanding great sacrifices
Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."
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It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" 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 was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
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Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?" This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting men to suffer when in the pathway of duty (paul and silas)
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By demanding the last morsel of bread
Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring dependence upon a poor widow
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you."
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » Faith tested, examples of
He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
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spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » By permitting temptation
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring extensive preparation with no blessing in sight
Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don't borrow just a few.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By requiring, what appeared to be, useless work
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
You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By a strange plan of campaign
All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days.
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spiritual Tests » Faith tested » By reducing a general's army
Yahweh said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place."
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spiritual Tests » Life tested by the lord » storm
He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
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