Verses with the word tried in the Apocrypha (10 verses):
2 Esdras 16:73
Then shall they be known, who are my chosen; and they shall be tried as the gold in the fire.
Judith 8:26
Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother's brother.
Judith 8:27
For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath he taken vengeance on us: but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to admonish them.
Wisdom of Solomon 1:3
For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:6
As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:9
For when they were tried albeit but in mercy chastised, they knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, thirsting in another manner than the just.
Sirach 2:5
For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Sirach 31:10
Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?
Sirach 39:4
He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.
2 Maccabees 1:34
Then the king, inclosing the place, made it holy, after he had tried the matter.
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