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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.

2. (v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.

3. (v. t.) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.

4. (v. t.) To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.

5. (v. t.) To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.

6. (v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

7. (v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.

8. (v. t.) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.

9. (v. t.) To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.

10. (v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.

11. (v. i.) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.

12. (v. i.) To do; to fare; as, how do you try!

13. (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain.

14. (n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.

15. (v. t.) Refined; select; excellent; choice.

Greek

3987. peiraomai -- to try, attempt
... to try, attempt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peiraomai Phonetic Spelling:
(pi-rah'-o) Short Definition: I try, attempt Definition: mid: I try, attempt ...
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3985. peirazo -- to make proof of, to attempt, test, tempt
... to make proof of, to attempt, test, tempt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
peirazo Phonetic Spelling: (pi-rad'-zo) Short Definition: I try, tempt, test ...
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1381. dokimazo -- to test, by impl. to approve
... Cognate: 1381 (from 1384 , "approved") -- properly, to try (test) to (real, ); to
reveal what is (). See 1384 (). ... allow, discern, examine, approve, try. ...
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1598. ekpeirazo -- to test thoroughly, tempt
... ekpeirazo Phonetic Spelling: (ek-pi-rad'-zo) Short Definition: I put to the test,
make trial of, tempt Definition: I put to the test, make trial of, tempt, try ...
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4448. puroo -- to set on fire, ie to burn (pass.)
... refined (1). burn, be on fire, try. From pur; to kindle, ie (passively)
to be ignited, glow (literally), be refined (by implication ...
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2919. krino -- to judge, decide
... judgment (1), pass judgment (1), passes judgment (1), passing judgment (1), pronounced
(1), regards (2), stand trial (2), sue (1), trial (3), tried (1), try (1 ...
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1381a. dokimazo -- to test, by impl. to approve
... analyze (2), approve (3), approved (1), approves (1), examine (4), examines (1),
prove (1), proving (1), see fit (1), test (2), tested (3), try (1), trying to ...
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1248. diakonia -- service, ministry
... aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of
the diaconate) -- (ad-)minister(-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service ...
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3986. peirasmos -- an experiment, a trial, temptation
... a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience (of evil), solicitation,
discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity -- temptation, X try. ...
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3009. leitourgia -- a service, a ministry
... ministry, service. From leitourgeo; public function (as priest ("liturgy") or
almsgiver) -- ministration(-try), service. see GREEK leitourgeo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

974. bachan -- to examine, try
... 973b, 974. bachan. 975 . to examine, try. Transliteration: bachan Phonetic
Spelling: (baw-khan') Short Definition: test. ... examine, prove, tempt, try trial. ...
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5254. nasah -- to test, try
... nasah. 5255 . to test, try. Transliteration: nasah Phonetic Spelling: (naw-saw')
Short Definition: test. Word Origin a prim. ... adventure, assay, prove, tempt, try ...
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2713. chaqar -- to search
... find out, make search out, seek out, sound, try. A primitive root; properly,
to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately -- find out ...
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6884. tsaraph -- to smelt, refine, test
... cast, refiner, founder, goldsmith, melt, pure, purge away, try. A primitive
root; to fuse (metal), ie Refine (literally or figuratively ...
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3811. laah -- to be weary or impatient
... to be weary or impatient NASB Word Usage become impatient (1), exhausted (1), find
difficulty (1), impatient (1), parched (1), tired (2), try the patience (2 ...
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213. uts -- to press, be pressed, make haste
... to press, be pressed, make haste NASB Word Usage hasten (1), hasty (2), hurried
(1), hurries (1), makes haste (1), narrow (1), pressed (1), try (1), urged (1). ...
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1272. barach -- to go through, flee
... fled (34), flee (11), flee away (1), fleeing (4), flees (2), gone away (1), hurry
(1), pass through (2), put to flight (2), ran away (2), surely try to flee (1 ...
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977. bachar -- to choose
... A primitive root; properly, to try, ie (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint,
choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require. 976, 977. ...
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5656. abodah -- labor, service
... Or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}; from abad; work of any kind -- act, bondage, + bondservant,
effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage ...
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935. bo -- to come in, come, go in, go
... thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, +
eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen ...
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Library

The Pelagians Try to Get Rid of Original Sin by their Praise of ...
... Chapter 42."The Pelagians Try to Get Rid of Original Sin by Their Praise of God's
Works; Marriage, in Its Nature and by Its Institution, is Not the Cause of ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 42 the pelagians try to.htm

God's Care for those who Try to do Right
... THE SAYINGS OF THE WISE GOD'S CARE FOR THOSE WHO TRY TO DO RIGHT. The curse
of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, But he blesses ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/gods care for those who.htm

The Contradictions of the Scriptures Intended to Try those who ...
... Homily XVI. Chapter XIII."The Contradictions of the Scriptures Intended
to Try Those Who Read Them. And Peter answered: [1292] "If ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xiii the contradictions of the.htm

Continues the Same Subject, Explaining by a Comparison in what ...
... CONTINUES THE SAME SUBJECT, EXPLAINING BY A COMPARISON IN WHAT DIVINE CONSOLATIONS
CONSIST: AND HOW WE OUGHT TO TRY TO PREPARE OURSELVES TO RECEIVE THEM ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii continues the same 2.htm

September 13. "Think it not Strange Concerning the Fiery Trial ...
... SEPTEMBER 13. "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to
try you" (I. Peter xii. 16). "Think it not strange concerning ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /september 13 think it not.htm

Some Parts of the Old Testament Written to Try Us.
... Homily XVIII. Chapter XX."Some Parts of the Old Testament Written to
Try Us. "But one might with good reason maintain that it ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xx some parts of the.htm

Letter xvi. --Sensitiveness About Defects.
... Do not worry yourself to try and feel submissive; feeling has nothing to do with
this business; it is enough if you are willing to submit, for this is ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/letter xvi sensitiveness about defects.htm

After all this You Dare to Say in Your Apology, that You are not ...
... his defence. I shall try to write a reply to those works in another treatise
if God grants me a sufficient span of life. For the ...
/.../23 after all this you.htm

The Twenty-Fifth Chapter: Zeal in Amending Our Lives
... Certainly they who try bravely to overcome the most difficult and unpleasant
obstacles far outstrip others in the pursuit of virtue. ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the twenty-fifth chapter zeal in.htm

On the Covenant into which God Entered with Our First Parents
... seems to be yielded in the case of a man who executes the whole of his own will
without any, even the least resistance, therefore, to try his obedience, that ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation xxix on the covenant.htm

Thesaurus

Try (84 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to
pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the ...
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Assay (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed. 7. (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.
8. (v.) To affect. 9. (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink. 10. ...
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Attempt (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some
action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. ...
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Examine (48 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question;
as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his ...
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Tempt (18 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To put to trial; to prove; to test; to
try. 2. (vt) To lead, or endeavor to lead, into evil; to ...
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Experiment (3 Occurrences)
... steam power. 4. (vt) To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EXPERIMENT. eks-per ...
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Seek (368 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Sick. 2. (vt) To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to
find. ... 5. (vt) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. ...
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Prove (83 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test;
as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the ...
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Trying (68 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Try. 2. (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe;
afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Trier (5 Occurrences)
... standard. 2. (n.) One who tries judicially. 3. (n.) A person appointed
according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior. 4. (n ...
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Resources

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Try (84 Occurrences)

Mark 12:15
Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."
(WEY NIV)

Luke 13:24
"Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
(See NIV)

Luke 14:19
"Another said,'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'
(WEB WEY NAS NIV)

John 8:21
Again He said to them, "I am going away. Then you will try to find me, but you will die in your sins. Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come."
(WEY)

John 10:39
This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power.
(WEY)

Acts 5:3
"Ananias," said Peter, "why has Satan taken possession of your heart, that you should try to deceive the Holy Spirit and dishonestly keep back part of the price paid you for this land?
(WEY)

Acts 5:9
"How was it," replied Peter, "that you two agreed to try an experiment upon the Spirit of the Lord? The men who have buried your husband are already at the door, and they will carry you out."
(WEY ASV)

Acts 9:26
And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,
(YLT NAS)

Acts 11:25
Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.
(WEY)

Acts 15:10
Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?
(WEY NIV)

Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"
(See NAS)

Acts 24:6
who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,
(YLT)

Acts 27:12
and as the harbour was inconvenient for wintering in, the majority were in favour of putting out to sea, to try whether they could get to Phoenix--a harbour on the coast of Crete facing north-east and south-east--to winter there.
(WEY)

Acts 27:39
When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
(WEB)

1 Corinthians 3:13
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
(KJV DBY WBS)

1 Corinthians 4:13
when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world--the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.
(WEY NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 6:2
Don't you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
(See RSV)

1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
(See NAS)

1 Corinthians 10:33
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
(See RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:12
So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 5:11
Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are revealed to God; and I hope that we are revealed also in your consciences.
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 13:5
Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.
(ASV YLT)

Galatians 6:12
All who desire to display their zeal for external observances try to compel you to receive circumcision, but their real object is simply to escape being persecuted for the Cross of Christ.
(WEY NAS NIV)

Ephesians 5:10
proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
(See NAS RSV)

Ephesians 5:17
On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.
(WEY)

1 Thessalonians 2:16
for they still try to prevent our preaching to the Gentiles so that they may find salvation. They thus continually fill up the measure of their own sins, and God's anger in its severest form has overtaken them.
(WEY)

1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.
(See NIV)

Titus 2:9
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
(See NIV)

Hebrews 11:6
But where there is no faith it is impossible truly to please Him; for the man who draws near to God must believe that there is a God and that He proves Himself a rewarder of those who earnestly try to find Him.
(WEY)

1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
(KJV WBS YLT)

1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
(KJV WBS)

Jude 1:23
others you must try to save, as brands plucked from the flames; and on others look with pity mingled with fear, while you hate every trace of their sin.
(WEY)

Revelation 2:2
I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;
(ASV)

Revelation 3:10
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Exodus 16:4
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens -- and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day -- so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;
(YLT)

Exodus 17:2
Wherefore the people stove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?
(See JPS YLT)

Exodus 20:20
And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.'
(YLT)

Numbers 14:22
for all the men who are seeing My honour, and My signs, which I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and try Me these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice --
(YLT)

Numbers 20:18
Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you."
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
(See JPS YLT)

Deuteronomy 8:2
and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which 'is' in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 8:16
who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),
(YLT)

Judges 2:22
in order to try Israel by them, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept 'it' or not.'
(YLT)

Judges 3:1
And these 'are' the nations which Jehovah left, to try Israel by them, all who have not known all the wars of Canaan;
(YLT)

Judges 6:39
And Gideon saith unto God, 'Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece -- let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.'
(YLT)

Judges 7:4
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Judges 19:13
He said to his servant, "Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah."
(See NIV)

Ruth 3:1
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 26:21
Then said Saul, "I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."
(See NIV)

1 Kings 10:1
And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 29:17
I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
(WEB YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 32:31
However in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Job 7:18
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS)

Job 12:11
Doesn't the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Job 27:22
For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
(See NAS)

Job 34:3
For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.
(YLT)

Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 11:5
Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,
(YLT)

Psalms 26:2
Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:18
And they try God in their heart, To ask food for their lust.
(YLT)

Psalms 78:41
Yea, they turn back, and try God, And the Holy One of Israel have limited.
(YLT)

Psalms 81:7
In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.
(YLT)

Psalms 106:14
And they lust greatly in a wilderness, And try God in a desert.
(YLT)

Psalms 139:23
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Proverbs 23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine.
(See JPS DBY RSV)

Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
(See JPS DBY YLT)

Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.
(See JPS YLT)

Isaiah 7:13
He said, "Listen now, house of David: Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
(WEB NAS NIV)

Isaiah 22:4
For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be comforted for the wasting of the daughter of my people.
(See NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 6:27
I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 12:3
But you, Yahweh, know me; you see me, and try my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
(WEB)

Jeremiah 17:10
I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Lamentations 3:40
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 7:26
Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
(See NIV)

Daniel 1:12
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
(See JPS YLT)

Daniel 7:25
He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
(See NIV)

Daniel 11:26
Yes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.
(See NIV)

Daniel 11:35
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Micah 6:14
You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
(See NAS)

Zechariah 12:3
It will happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
(See NIV)

Zechariah 13:9
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.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Malachi 1:8
When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn't that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn't that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?" says Yahweh of Armies.
(See NIV)

Malachi 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
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