7 Bible Verses about Testing Other Things

But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.

“Does the ear not put words to the test,
Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

“For the ear puts words to the test
As the palate tastes food.

I have tested all this with wisdom. I said, “I will be wise [independently of God],” but true wisdom was far from me.

Now these people were more noble and open-minded than those in Thessalonica, so they received the message [of salvation through faith in the Christ] with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Another one said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’