Psalm 66:10

New International Reader's Version

God, you have tested us. You put us through fire to make us like silver.

Cross References

Job 23:10

But he knows every step I take. When he has tested me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.

Psalm 17:3

Look deep down into my heart. Study me carefully at night and test me. You won’t find anything wrong. I have planned nothing evil. My mouth has not said sinful things.

Proverbs 17:3

Fire tests silver, and heat tests gold. But the Lord tests our hearts.

Proverbs 25:4

Remove the scum from the silver. Then the master worker can make something out of it.

Isaiah 48:10

I have tested you in the furnace of suffering. I have tried to make you pure. But I did not use as much heat as it takes to make silver pure.

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third in the fire. I will make them as pure as silver. I will test them like gold. They will call out to me. And I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Malachi 3:3

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.

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.

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.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way. He guided you in the desert for these 40 years. He wanted to take your pride away. He wanted to test you to know what was in your hearts. He wanted to see whether you would obey his commands.