49 Bible Verses about Tests

Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him.

Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

And I am conscious, my God, that you are the searcher of hearts, taking pleasure in righteousness. As for me, with an upright heart I have freely given all these things; and I have seen with joy your people who are here to make their offerings freely to you.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.

Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?

Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for.

But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.

The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble.

Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.

And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.