And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?"

And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.

And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them."

coveting, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, to test him.

The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

Should we pay them, or should we not?" But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why do you put me to the test? Bring me a denarius, and let me look at it."

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.'

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.'

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

But this he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

They said this to test him, that they might have something of which to accuse him. But Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Then Peter said to her, "How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

So they shook off the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.

Now therefore why do you test God by putting upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, depravity. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to practice deceit." "The poison of asps is under their lips."

each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work.

We must not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents.

The first man was from the earth, of dust; the second man is from heaven.

As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.

I am not speaking this as a command, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

Because of the test of this service, you will glorify God by your obedience in your confession of the gospel of Christ, and by the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others;

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in youunless, indeed, you fail the test?

I trust that you will realize that we have not failed the test.

Now we pray to God that you may not do wrong, not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, even though we may seem to have failed.

But let each one test his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in his neighbor.

For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity, nor is it made with deceit;

But test everything; hold fast to what is good.

where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

"He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth;"

For, "He who would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Because you have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, where all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!'