Judges 7:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people are still too many; take them down to the water and I will test them for you there; and he of whom I say to you, ‘This man shall go with you,’ shall go with you; and any of whom I say to you, ‘This man shall not go with you,’ shall not go.”

Cross References

Genesis 22:1

After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.”

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Psalm 33:16

A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

Psalm 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.

Judges 7:5

So he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, “Every one that laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise every one that kneels down to drink.”

1 Samuel 14:6

And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us; for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”