Judges 3:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ Now these are the nations that Jehovah left to test the Israelites who had not known all the wars of Canaan.

²² »Jehovah your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be able to put an end to them quickly. This is because the wild beasts are too numerous (and will multiply) around you.

² »Remember the forty years Jehovah your God led you in the wilderness. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know what was in your heart. Whether you would obey his commandments.

¹⁶ »He fed you in the desert with manna. Your fathers had never seen this. He did this in order to humble you and test you. But he also did this so that things would go well for you in the end.

¹⁰ After those generations were gathered to their fathers (died) another generation followed them. This new generation did not know Jehovah or the works he had done for Israel.

²¹ »I will not drive out any of the nations that Joshua left when he died. ²² »That through them I may test Israel, to see whether they will keep the way of Jehovah and walk in it as their fathers did.«

³¹ When the leaders of Babylon sent ambassadors to ask him about the miraculous sign that had happened in the land, God left him. God did this to test him, to find out everything that was in Hezekiah’s heart.

¹⁰ »But He knows the way I walk. He has tried me. I shall come forth as gold.

³ The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold but Jehovah proves the heart.

²⁷ »I have made you an assayer and a tester among my people. You will know and assay their course of life.«

⁹ »The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it? ¹⁰ »I, Jehovah, search the heart and examine the mind (inner man). I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

⁹ »I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: ‘It is my people!’ They will say: ‘Jehovah is my God!«’

²⁴ Jesus did not trust his security to them for he understood all men.

⁷ The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹² Beloved ones do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, for it comes upon you like a test, as though some strange thing were happening to you.

²³ »'I will kill her children with deadly plague. Then all the congregations will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.