10 Bible Verses about Proving, Through Testing

Because of this you can be very joyous, even though it is necessary for you to have suffered many trials for a little while. But these will only test your faith, which is more valuable than gold which, though refined by fire, eventually perishes. Your faith, [however], will [endure and eventually] prove to be praiseworthy and honorable when Jesus returns.

So Jesus, looking up and seeing a large crowd coming to Him, said to Philip [Note: He was one of the apostles, whose home town was at nearby Bethsaida. See 1:44], "Where are we going to buy [enough] bread, so that this crowd can eat?" Now He said this to test Philip, for He [already] knew what He was going to do.

Consider it [an occasion for] much joy, my brothers, when you experience various trials, because you [should] know that when your faith is tested, it produces perseverance.

Neither should we put the Lord to a test as some of them did, and were killed by snake bites [See Num. 21:5ff].

So, even as the Holy Spirit said [Psa. 95:7-11], "Today, if you hear His [i.e., God's] voice, do not have a stubborn heart like you did when you provoked [God] during the time you tested [His patience] in the desert, where your forefathers tried me and tested [my patience] when they saw what I did for forty years.read more.
Therefore, I was angry with that generation of people and said, 'They always go astray in their hearts, and they did not understand my ways.' So I vowed in my anger, 'They will not enter a state of rest with me.'"

Put yourselves to a test; see if you are [really] in the faith [i.e., see if you are genuine Christians]; examine yourselves! Or, do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in your hearts, unless [of course] you fail the test [i.e., unless you are counterfeit Christians].

But let each person test his own accomplishments so that he can determine if he should get credit for them or if his neighbor should.

Put everything [i.e., speakers and their messages] to the test, [then] hold onto what is good.

And [only] two or three prophets should speak [in one meeting], and [then] other people should determine the significance [of their messages].

Loved ones, do not believe [the message of] every spirit [i.e., every person claiming to be a teacher], but test the spirits [i.e., require proof that they and their message are genuine] to see whether they represent God [or not], because many false prophets have begun circulating throughout the world. Here is how to know [who is speaking from] the Holy Spirit of God: Every spirit [i.e., person] who proclaims that Jesus Christ has come [to earth] in a physical body is [speaking] from God. [See I Cor. 12:3]. But every spirit who does not proclaim [this truth about] Jesus is not [speaking] from God. And this [person] represents the spirit of the antichrist [See 2:18-22; II John 7], whom you have heard would come. Well, now he is already here!