Trial of:
1 Chr. 29:17
Psa. 26:2
Psa. 81:7
Matt. 13:19-22 Luke 8:13,14.
Matt. 24:21-25
2 Thess. 1:3-5
Heb. 6:13-15
Ja. 1:3,12
1 Pet. 1:7 See Temptation. Instances of Trial of: Noah, Gen. 6:14-22; Heb. 11:7. Abraham, when commanded to leave his native land and go he did not know to what place, Gen. 12:1-4; Heb. 11:8; when commanded to offer Isaac, Gen. 22:1-19; Heb. 11:17-19. Moses, when sent to Pharaoh, Ex. 3:11,12; 4:10-17; Heb. 11:25-29; at the Red Sea, by the complaints of the people, Ex. 14; 15. Joshua and the children of Israel, in the method of taking Jericho, Josh. 6; Heb. 11:30. Gideon, when commanded to deliver Israel, Judg. 6:36-40; 7; Heb. 11:32. Job, by affliction and adversity, Job 1; 2. Ezra, in leaving Babylon without a military escort, Ezra 8:22. Daniel, when forbidden to pray to Jehovah, Dan. 6:4-23; Heb. 11:32,33. The three Hebrews, when commanded to worship the image, Dan. 3:8-30; Heb. 11:32-34. The Syrophenician woman, Matt. 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30. The two blind men who appealed to Jesus for sight, Matt. 9:28. The disciples, when Jesus came walking on the Sea of Galilee, Matt. 14:25-33. The disciples: by the question of Jesus, as to who he was, Matt. 16:15-20; Luke 9:20,21; by their inability to cast out the evil spirit from the one seizuring, Matt. 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-29; Luke 9:37-42; in the storm at sea, Matt. 8:23-27; Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-26. Of Philip, when questioned by Jesus as to how the multitude would be fed, John 6:5,6. Of Peter, when asked whether he loved Jesus, John 21:16,17. See Affliction, Design of.