Verse 4

And the Lord said vnto Gideon, The people are yet too many: bring them downe vnto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and of whome I say vnto thee, This man shal goe with thee, the same shal go with thee: and of whomsoeuer I say vnto thee, This man shal not goe with thee, the same shal not go.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 22:1 : 1 And after these things God did proue Abraham, and said vnto him, Abraham. Who answered, Here am I.
  • 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 And Ionathan saide to the yong man that bare his armour, Come, and let vs goe ouer vnto the garison of these vncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will worke with vs: for it is not hard to the Lord to saue with many, or with fewe.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the Lord said vnto Samuel, Looke not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature, because I haue refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for ma looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
  • Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth my way, & trieth mee, and I shal come forth like the gold.
  • Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.
  • Ps 33:16 : 16 The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou, O God, hast proued vs, thou hast tryed vs as siluer is tryed.
  • Jer 6:27-30 : 27 I haue set thee for a defence and fortres among my people, that thou maiest knowe and trie their waies. 28 They are all rebellious traitours, walking craftily: they are brasse, and yron, they all are destroyers. 29 The bellowes are burnt: the lead is consumed in the fire: the founder melteth in vaine: for the wicked are not taken away. 30 They shall call them reprobate siluer, because the Lord hath reiected them.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? And who shall endure, when he appeareth? For he is like a purging fire, and like fullers sope. 3 And he shall sit downe to trye and fine the siluer: he shall euen fine the sonnes of Leui and purifie them as golde and siluer, that they may bring offerings vnto the Lord in righteousnesse.