30 Bible Verses about Testing

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations; knowing that the trying of your faith worketh endurance.

that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold which perisheth, but is tried with fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the manifestation of Jesus Christ;

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.

And that I might not be too much lifted up by the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be too much lifted up. In respect to this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me; and he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may abide upon me.

Jesus then lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great crowd was coming to him, saith to Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat? But this he said to try him; for he himself knew what he was going to do.

And, lo! a woman of Canaan came out from those borders, and cried out, saying, Have compassion on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously afflicted with a demon. But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying Send her away, for she is crying out after us. But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.read more.
Then she came and fell down before him, saying, Lord, help me! But he answering said, It is not allowable to take the childrens bread, and throw it to the little dogs. And she said, Yea, Lord; for the little dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was cured from that hour.

But a woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, immediately hearing of him, came in, and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter. And he said to her, Let the children be filled first; for it is not well to take the childrens bread and throw it to the little dogs.read more.
But she answered, and saith to him, Yea, Lord; even the little dogs under the table eat of the childrens crumbs. And he said to her, For this saying go thy way; the demon hath gone out of thy daughter. And going away to her house, she found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

And knowing it, he saith to them, Why are ye reasoning, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your mind still blinded? Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? And do ye not remember, when I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many baskets full of fragments ye took up? They say to him, Twelve.read more.
When also the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up? And they say, Seven. And he said to them, Do ye not yet understand?

and be not conformed to the fashion of this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may learn by experience what is the will of God, what is good, and wellpleasing, and perfect.

Try yourselves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, that Christ Jesus is in you, unless ye are unapproved?

But let each one prove his own work, and then will he have his ground for boasting in himself alone, and not in comparison with another;

but prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will show it; because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove what every ones work is. If the work which any one built thereon remaineth, he will receive reward;read more.
if any ones work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.

Jesus said to him, Again it is written, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God."

And Jesus answering said to him, It hath been said, "Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God."

And the Pharisees came to him, trying him, and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife, trying him.

And Peter said to her, Why is it that ye agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Lo! the feet of those who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

Now therefore why do ye provoke the anger of God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me by proving me, and saw my works forty years.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.