30 Bible Verses about Testing

Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials, knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience.

that the trial of your faith, which is much more precious than gold that is destroyed but proved by fire, may be found to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when proved he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

And that I might not be elated with my extraordinary revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to beat me, that I should not be too much exalted. For this I besought the Lord thrice that it might leave me. And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; for power is perfected in weakness.

Then Jesus lining up his eyes, and seeing many people come to him, said to Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? But this he said to try him; for he knew what he was about to do.

And behold, a woman of Canaan from those regions came out and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is badly affected with a demon. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.read more.
And she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me! But he answered and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and cast to the dogs. But she said, Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters. Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it to you as you wish; and her daughter was cured from that hour.

But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an impure spirit, hearing of him, came and fell down at his feet; and she was a Greek, a Syrophenician by race; and she asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. And he said to her, Suffer the children first to be filled; it is not right to take the children's bread, and cast it to the little dogs.read more.
And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said to her, For this speech, go; the demon has gone out of your daughter. And departing to her house, she found the little child laid on the bed, and the demon gone out.

And Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart hardened? Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many traveling baskets of fragments took you up? They said to him, Twelve.read more.
And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many store-baskets of fragments took you up? And they said, Seven. And he said to them, Do you not yet understand?

and be not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

Try yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves; or know you not yourselves that Christ is in you unless you are reprobates?

But let each one prove his work, and then shall he have joy in himself alone and not in another,

Prove all things, hold fast the good;

And if any man builds on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, reeds, each one's work shall be manifest; for the day shall show it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the same fire shall try every man's work what it is. If any one's work continues which he has built, he shall receive a reward;read more.
if any one's work is consumed, he shall suffer loss, and he shall be saved, but so as by fire.

Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God.

And Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not try the Lord your God.

And the Pharisees came to him to try him, and said, Is it lawful [for a man] to put away his wife for every cause?

And the Pharisees came and asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?

And Peter said to her, Why have you agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those that buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.

Now, therefore, why do you try God, to put on the necks of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we could bear?

harden not your hearts as in the provocation, in the day of the trial in the wilderness, where your fathers fully proved and saw my works forty years.

BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.