Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests


Thematic Bible





My eyes grow weary with respect to what you have promised I keep asking, "When will you comfort me?"

Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think about me. You are my help and deliverer. My God, do not tarry too long! To the Director: A Davidic Psalm.

I am exhausted from calling for help. My throat is parched. My eyes are strained from looking for God.

Martha told Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.



By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.




When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus asked them, "Do you believe I can do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord!"

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."



When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.

Later on, envoys came from the princes of Babylon to inquire about the miracle that had happened in the land. God left Hezekiah to himself, so that he might make known what was really in Hezekiah's heart.

The LORD appeared to Solomon one night in a dream and told him, "Ask me for whatever you want and I'll give it to you."


Let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous. For you are the righteous God who discerns the inner thoughts.



you must not listen to the words of that prophet or that diviner of dreams. For the LORD your God is testing you, to make known whether or not you'll continue to love the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.


the workmanship of each person will become evident, for the day of judgment will show what it is, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's action.



And I will bring that surviving third through, testing them as if through fire, purifying them like silver, assaying them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, "This is my people,' and they will say, "The LORD is my God.'"

he will sit refining and purifying silver, purifying the descendants of Levi, refining them like gold and silver. Then they'll bring a righteous offering to the LORD.


Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that you may fear him in order that you don't sin."

Sometime later, God tested Abraham. He called out to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered.


Yet, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days.

When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?" Jesus said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.


After giving them a severe beating, they threw them in jail and ordered the jailer to keep them under tight security. Having received these orders, he put them into the inner cell and fastened their feet in leg irons.


But Elijah told her, "You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son,


"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there."


God said, "Please take your son, your unique son whom you love Isaac and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him as a burnt offering there on one of the mountains that I will point out to you."


Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.


He told her, "Go out to all of your neighbors in the surrounding streets and borrow lots of pots from them. Don't get just a few empty vessels, either.


So King Jehoram left Samaria at that time and mustered the entire army of Israel.


When you probe my heart, and examine me at night; when you refine me, you will find nothing wrong, for I have determined that I will not transgress with my mouth.


March around the city, all the soldiers circling the city once. Do this for six days,


Then the LORD told Gideon, "I'm going to deliver you with the 300 soldiers who lapped by giving the Midianites into your control. Send everyone else back to their own homes."


They are like a person building a house, who dug a deep hole to lay the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the floodwaters pushed against that house but couldn't shake it, because it had been founded on the rock.


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