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James 1:3
Your faith will be tested. You know that when this happens it will produce in you the strength to continue.
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1 Peter 5 5-1 Peter 5 6
In the same way, I’m speaking to you who are younger. Follow the lead of those who are older. All of you, put on a spirit free of pride toward one another. Put it on as if it were your clothes. Do this because Scripture says,“ God opposes those who are proud. But he gives grace to those who are humble.”( Proverbs 3:34)So make yourselves humble. Put yourselves under God’s mighty hand. Then he will honor you at the right time.
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Exodus 15:25
Then Moses cried out to the Lord. The Lord showed him a stick. Moses threw it into the water. The water became fit to drink. There the Lord gave a ruling and instruction for the people. And there he tested them.
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2 Chronicles 32 31
The rulers of Babylon sent messengers to him. They asked him about the miraculous sign that had taken place in the land. Then God left Hezekiah to test him. God wanted to know everything in Hezekiah’s heart.
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Amos 2:10
“ People of Israel, I brought you up out of Egypt. I led you in the desert for 40 years. I gave you the land of the Amorites.
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Deuteronomy 2:7
The Lord your God has blessed you in everything your hands have done. He watched over you when you traveled through that huge desert. For these 40 years the Lord your God has been with you. So you have had everything you need.
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Deuteronomy 8:16
He gave you manna to eat in the desert. Your people had never even known anything about manna before. The Lord took your pride away. He tested you. He did it so that things would go well with you in the end.
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Deuteronomy 29:5
Yet the Lord says,“ I led you through the desert for 40 years. During that time your clothes didn’t wear out. The sandals on your feet didn’t wear out either.
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Exodus 16:4
Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said,“ I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people must go out each day. Have them gather enough bread for that day. Here is how I will test them. I will see if they will follow my directions.
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Psalms 77:11
Lord, I will remember what you did. Yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.
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1 Peter 1 7
Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. Your faith is worth more than gold. That’s because gold can pass away even when fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ returns.
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Psalms 136:16
Give thanks to the God who led his people through the desert. His faithful love continues forever.
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Luke 18:14
“ I tell you, the tax collector went home accepted by God. But not the Pharisee. All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”
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Genesis 22:1
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him,“ Abraham!”“ Here I am,” Abraham replied.
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Deuteronomy 1:3
It was the 40th year since the Israelites had left Egypt. On the first day of the 11th month, Moses spoke to them. He told them everything the Lord had commanded him to tell them.
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James 4:6
But God continues to give us more grace. That’s why Scripture says,“ God opposes those who are proud. But he gives grace to those who are humble.”( Proverbs 3:34)
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Jeremiah 17:9-10
A human heart is more dishonest than anything else. It can’t be healed. Who can understand it?The Lord says,“ I look deep down inside human hearts. I see what is in people’s minds. I reward each person in keeping with their conduct. I bless them based on what they have done.”
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2 Chronicles 33 12
When Manasseh was in trouble, he asked the Lord his God to help him. He made himself very humble in the sight of the God of his people.
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Deuteronomy 13:3
So you must not listen to what that prophet or dreamer has said. The Lord your God is testing you. He wants to know whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Deuteronomy 1:33
He went ahead of you on your journey. He was in the fire at night and in the cloud during the day. He found places for you to camp. He showed you the way you should go.
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Psalms 106:7
When our people were in Egypt, they forgot about the Lord’ s miracles. They didn’t remember his many kind acts. At the Red Sea they refused to obey him.
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Malachi 3:2-3
But who can live through the day when he comes? Who will be left standing when he appears? He will be like a fire that makes things pure. He will be like soap that makes things clean.He will act like one who makes silver pure. And he will purify the Levites, just as gold and silver are purified with fire. Then these men will bring proper offerings to the Lord.
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Job 33:17
He warns them in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.
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Psalms 81:7
You called out when you were in trouble, and I saved you. I answered you out of a thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
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Job 42:5-6
My ears had heard about you. But now my own eyes have seen you.So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”
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James 4:10
Be humble in front of the Lord. And he will lift you up.
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Proverbs 17:3
Fire tests silver, and heat tests gold. But the Lord tests our hearts.
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Ephesians 2:11-12
You who are not Jews by birth, here is what I want you to remember. You are called“ uncircumcised” by those who call themselves“ circumcised.” But they have only been circumcised in their bodies by human hands.Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.
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2 Chronicles 32 25-2 Chronicles 32 26
But Hezekiah’s heart was proud. He didn’t give thanks for the many kind things the Lord had done for him. So the Lord became angry with him. He also became angry with Judah and Jerusalem.Then Hezekiah had a change of heart. He was sorry he had been proud. The people of Jerusalem were also sorry they had sinned. So the Lord wasn’t angry with them as long as Hezekiah was king.
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John 2:25
He didn’t need anyone to tell him what people are like. He already knew why people do what they do.
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Deuteronomy 7:18
But don’t be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all the Egyptians.
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Isaiah 2:17
Anyone who brags will be brought low. Anyone who is proud will be made humble. The Lord alone will be honored at that time.
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2 Chronicles 33 19
Everything about Manasseh is written in the records of the prophets. That includes his prayer and the fact that God felt sorry for him. It includes everything he did before he made himself humble in the Lord’ s sight. It includes all his sins and the fact that he wasn’t faithful to the Lord. It includes the locations where he built high places. It includes the places where he set up poles used to worship the female god named Asherah. And it includes the places where he set up statues of other gods.
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Revelation 2:23
I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I search hearts and minds. I will pay each of you back for what you have done.
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2 Peter 1 12-2 Peter 1 13
So I will always remind you of these things. I’ll do it even though you know them. I’ll do it even though you now have deep roots in the truth.I think it is right for me to remind you. It is right as long as I live in this tent. I’m talking about my body.
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2 Peter 3 1-2 Peter 3 2
Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders. I want to encourage you to think in a way that is pure.I want you to remember the words the holy prophets spoke in the past. Remember the command our Lord and Savior gave through your apostles.