Judges 7:4 Cross References - BBE

⁴ Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.

¹ Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

⁶ And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a great army or by a small band.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

¹⁰ For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

⁹ O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

¹⁶ A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

¹⁰ For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

²⁷ I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test. ²⁸ All of them are turned away, going about with false stories; they are brass and iron: they are all workers of deceit. ²⁹ The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away. ³⁰ They will be named waste silver, because the Lord has given them up.

² But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap. ³ He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.