10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; …
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. …
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Here, I. Job complains that he cannot understand the meaning of God’s providences concerning him, but is quite at a loss about them ( Job 23:8 , 9 ): I go forward, but he is not there , etc. Eliphaz had bid him acquaint himself with God. “So I would, with all my heart,” says Job, “If I knew how to get acquainted with him.” He had himself a great desire to appear before God, and get a hearing of hi…
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