Judges 2:22
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it, as their fathers kept it , or not.
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Genesis 22:1And it came to pass after these things, that God tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments, or not.
Deuteronomy 13:3Thou shalt not hearken to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Judges 3:4And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken to the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Job 23:10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Proverbs 17:3The fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth 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 →