7 Bible Verses about Testing Other Things
Most Relevant Verses
But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.
I have tested all this with wisdom. I said, “I will be wise [independently of God],” but true wisdom was far from me.
Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
Another one said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’