5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

• Faith
• Suffering and Perseverance

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1Pet 1:7 — 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:
• Deut 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep
• Deut 8:16 — Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
• Deut 13:3 — Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your sou
• Deut 13:3 — Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your sou
• Exod 15:25 — And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved t
• Isa 43:2 — When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame k
• Isa 48:10 — Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
• Isa 48:10 — Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
• Job 23:10 — But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Job 23:10 — But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
• Mal 3:3 — And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
• Prov 17:3 — The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
• Prov 17:3 — The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
• Prov 27:21 — As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
• Ps 12:6 — The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
• Ps 17:3 — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Ps 17:3 — Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
• Ps 26:2 — Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
• Ps 84:6 — Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
• Ps 118:18 — The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
• Ps 138:7 — Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
• Zech 10:11 — And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of
• Zech 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
• Zech 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