They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.
Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.
I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.
I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.
It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.
And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.
See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.
For from the least of them even to the greatest, everyone is given up to getting money; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone is working deceit.
I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.
So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.
But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.
So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
And no longer will they be teaching every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Get knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord: for they will have my forgiveness for their evil-doing, and their sin will go from my memory for ever.
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near,
And he sent for Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were still with him, and all the people, from the least to the greatest,
And I will take the last of Judah, whose minds are fixed on going into the land of Egypt and stopping there, and they will all come to their end, falling in the land of Egypt by the sword and by being short of food and by disease; death will overtake them, from the least to the greatest, death by the sword and by need of food: they will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame.
What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?
Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;
And I will make your tongue fixed to the roof of your mouth, so that you have no voice and may not make protests to them: for they are an uncontrolled people.
And you will be a name of shame and a cause of bitter words, an example and a wonder to the nations round about you, when I give effect to my judging among you in wrath and in passion and in burning protests: I the Lord have said it:
Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.
So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the test for ten days.
And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.
Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.
Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest.
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.
And the people of Nineveh had belief in God; and a time was fixed for going without food, and they put on haircloth, from the greatest to the least.
I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
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.
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.
Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.
And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.
Then Jesus was sent by the spirit into the waste land to be tested by the evil One.
Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the evil One.
And the pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.
And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And certain pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And when they got it, they made a protest against the master of the house,
And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
This is the first and greatest rule.
But let the greatest among you be your servant.
Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.
And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
And he said this openly. And Peter took him, and was protesting.
But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.
And pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?
And some of them, turning in protest, gave him an order to be quiet: but he went on crying out all the more, Son of David, have mercy on me.
Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.
And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
But herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,
For forty days, being tested by the evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.
And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.
And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.
And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?
And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
Now there was a discussion among them about which of them would be the greatest.
And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?
May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.
And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.
And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.
And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.
And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.
Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:
And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.
And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.
But the other, protesting, said, Have you no fear of God? for you have a part in the same punishment,
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?
They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
To whom they all gave attention, from the smallest to the greatest, saying, This man is that power of God which is named Great.
Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?
If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.
The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.
Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.
But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.
Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.
If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.
And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.
You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.
In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me.
But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.
And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;
How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.
I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.
Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:
Do all things without protests and arguments;
But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.
For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.
A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;
For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.
Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,
When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.
For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.
For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah;
Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.
For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?
By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,
And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:
But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.
But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:
The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.
I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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