Thematic Bible: Spiritual Tests


Thematic Bible






When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was. Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysTwo DaysMotionlessnessStaying PutSick IndividualsPeople Who Delayedlazarus

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHelpfulnessPoverty, SpiritualDivine DelaysGod Not DelayingGod My SalvationGod HelpsHelping The PoorHelping Those In Needmindfulness


Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died. Verse ConceptsBlameDivine DelaysThe Presence Of ChristNot DyingDeath Preventedlazarus


By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went. Verse ConceptsAbrahamFaith, Nature OfExamples Of FaithCommitment, to GodReceiving An InheritanceHistoryAbraham, New Testament ReferencesAbraham, Calling And LifeCalling, Of IndividualsDestinationsExploits Of FaithNot Knowing Where




When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord." Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristDrawing Near To ChristEntering HousesAssentingBlindness

But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople Providing FoodSalvation For IsraelGood ChildrenFamily FirstKidsPetsFeeding The Poor

Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment. Verse ConceptsFloggingChainsPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRidicule, Objects OfIron ChainsBeating Believerstrails

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey. Verse ConceptsSelf ControlSpeech, Positive Aspects OfTestingVisions At NightPlea Of InnocenceTestsexamsmotivestrying

However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. Verse ConceptsenvoyProving, Through TestingRulersTesting

In Gibeon Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, "Ask what I shall give you." Verse ConceptsCommunicationNightGod AppearingDuring One NightGod Answers Prayer


Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfImagination, Inward DesiresGod Testing PeopleGod Establishes UsGod Knowing the Human HeartEmotionswickednessmotives


you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh your God proves you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Verse ConceptsWhole HeartednessFalse Miracles, Nature OfLove For GodMisleading DreamsDo Not Listen!The Need To Love GodFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersFinding LoveThe SoulTests

each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. Verse ConceptsAbility, Of The ChristianFireCharacterVeilsThe Day Of JudgementFire Of JudgementGod Testing PeopleThings RevealedOne's DeedsJudgement DayTestsPurgatoryworkingexamsstructuremotiveswilltrying


I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'" Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfdrossCalling upon GodGoldSilverTestingAnswers By FireAnswered PromisesRefining Influences Of AfflictionAfflictions As Blessings In DisguiseOne ThirdFire Of JudgementGod Will AnswerGod Testing PeopleThings Like GoldThings Like SilverGod Answers PrayerYou Are Our GodTestspressuremold

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness. Verse ConceptsGoldPurificationSilverTestingTrialsGoldsmithsFruits Of RighteousnessPurgingRefining Influences Of AfflictionThings Like SilverThings ImprovedRegulating SacrificesBurnout

Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin." Verse ConceptsBattlesRespect, For God's CharacterReverence, And ObedienceReverence, And God's NatureSin, Avoidance OfTestingThe Fear Of The LordFearing GodBeing ScaredTests

It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am." Verse ConceptsAbrahamAbraham, Characteristics OfTrialsAbraham, Testing And VictoryBehold Me!Temptation

When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was. Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysTwo DaysMotionlessnessStaying PutSick IndividualsPeople Who Delayedlazarus

Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?" This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son. Verse ConceptsSmallnessSacrificial GivingBreadcooking

"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you." Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalMission, Of IsraelWork, Divine And HumanDivine DirectionWidows

He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of." Verse ConceptsCalvaryAbrahamAtonement, Types OfLove, And The WorldSuffering, Of Jesus ChristWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Places OfThe Only ChildSacrificing The FirstbornOnly Child Of PeopleThose Who Loved

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don't borrow just a few. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel. Verse ConceptsMustering TroopsEarthly Armies

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey. Verse ConceptsSelf ControlSpeech, Positive Aspects OfTestingVisions At NightPlea Of InnocenceTestsexamsmotivestrying

All your men of war shall march around the city, going around the city once. You shall do this six days. Verse ConceptsSix DaysOrder Of MarchFalling

Yahweh said to Gideon, "By the three hundred men who lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand. Let all the other people go, each to his own place." Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's Handsgroupsarmygideon

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection