Judges 2:22
that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not."
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Genesis 22:1It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!"He said, "Here I am."
Deuteronomy 8:2You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proves you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Judges 3:4They were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take.When he has tried me, I shall come forth like gold.
Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold,but the Lord tests the hearts.
Matthew Henry on Judges 2:7-23
The Idolatry of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1425.) 6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord , that he did for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord , died, being a hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres,… Read the whole commentary →