“The crucible is for silver, the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests the heart.” (Proverbs 17:3)
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven..." (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)
"They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." (Jeremiah 2:13)
“In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.” (2 Sam 11:1)