25 Bible Verses about God Testing People

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

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And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.