'Test The Lord' in the Bible
So the people contended with Moses, and they said, "Give us water to drink!" Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?"
Do not test the Lord your God as you tested Him at Massah.
But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask. I will not test the Lord.”
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Jesus told him, “It is also written: Do not test the Lord your God.”
And Jesus answered [and] said to him, "It is said, 'You are not to put to the test the Lord your God.'"
Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.