Judges 3:1
Here's a list of nations that the LORD caused to remain in order to test Israel (that is, everyone who had not gained any battle experience in Canaan)
Judges 2:21-22
I'm also going to stop expelling any of the nations that remained after Joshua died.
Deuteronomy 7:22
He slowly will dislodge these nations before you, but he won't destroy them quickly, so the wild animals won't multiply around you.
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way these 40 years in the desert, to humble and test you in order to make known what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
Deuteronomy 8:16
and fed you in the desert with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, to humble and test you so that things go well with you later.
Judges 2:10
After that whole generation had died, another generation grew up after them that was not acquainted with the LORD or with what he had done for Israel.
2 Chronicles 32:31
Later on, envoys came from the princes of Babylon to inquire about the miracle that had happened in the land. God left Hezekiah to himself, so that he might make known what was really in Hezekiah's heart.
Job 23:10
Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold but the LORD assays hearts.
Jeremiah 6:27
"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way."
Jeremiah 17:9-10
"The heart is more deceitful than anything. It is incurable who can know it?
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"
John 2:24
Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
1 Peter 1:7
so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.
1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Revelation 2:23
I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will reward each of you as your actions deserve.