26 Bible Verses about Testing God

Bring the whole tithe to {the storehouse}, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you {an overflowing blessing}.

You shall not put Yahweh your God to [the] test, as you tested [him] at Massah.

Jesus said to him, "On the other hand it is written, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is said, 'You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"

when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.

where your fathers tested [me] by trial and saw my works

And the people quarreled with Moses, and they said, "Give us water so that we can drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"

So now why are you putting God to the test [by] placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the {Israelites} and because of their testing Yahweh [by] saying, "Is Yahweh in our midst or not?"

But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice,

And they tested God in their heart [by] asking food {for their craving}.

So they again tested God and distressed the Holy One of Israel.

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.

And they {craved intensely} in the wilderness, and tested God in [the] desert.

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,

So Peter [said] to her, "How [is it] that it was agreed by you [two] to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you out!"

nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested [him], and were destroyed by snakes,

But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put Yahweh to the test."

And now we [are] calling [the] arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!'"

But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice, they will not see the land that I swore by oath to their ancestors, and all those who despised me will not see it.

"Do not harden your heart as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness, when your ancestors tried me. They put me to the test, [even] though they had seen my work.

And Yahweh continued to speak to Ahaz, saying, "Ask for a sign for yourself from Yahweh God; make [it] deep [as] Sheol or make [it] high as above." But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put Yahweh to the test."read more.
Then he said, "Hear, house of David! [Is it] too little for you to make men weary, that you should also make my God weary?

And [when] the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test [him], they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to [him] to test him:

And the Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding from him a sign from heaven [in order to] test him.

So they said to him, "Then what sign will you perform, so that we can see [it] and believe you? What will you do?