50 Bible Verses about Tests

Prove all things; hold fast to what is good.

Know that the testing of your faith produces patience (endurance).

every man's work will be made known, for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will prove what sort every man's work is.

Jehovah tests (examines) righteous and wicked people alike. He hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.

The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. This is because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tested them that they might see that they are like animals.

Let no man say when he is tempted: God tempts me. God cannot be tempted with evil, and he tempts (entices) (tests) (trys) no one.

For the ear tests words like the palate tastes food.

Remember the forty years Jehovah your God led you in the wilderness. He did this in order to humble you and test you. He wanted to know what was in your heart. Whether you would obey his commandments.

Jehovah's presence tested him through fiery trials until the time that his word came.

Let us search and put our ways to the test. Let us turn again to Jehovah.

We always speak, as God wants us to. He has judged us worthy to be entrusted with the Good News. We do not try to please people, but to please God, who tests our motives (examines our hearts).

do not listen to them. Jehovah your God is allowing them to test you. He will then know that you love Jehovah with all your heart.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials.

For you examine us every morning and test us every moment.

Let these be tested first. Then let them serve as servants, if they are blameless.

I well know, O my God, that you test everyone's heart and are pleased with people of integrity. In honesty and sincerity I have willingly given all this to you. I have seen how your people who are gathered here have been happy to bring offerings to you.

Jesus replied: It is said you should not test Jehovah your God. (Deuteronomy 6:16)

He said this to test him for he knew what he would do.

Now these are the nations that Jehovah left to test the Israelites who had not known all the wars of Canaan.

The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Tribulation produces an approved condition and an approved condition produces hope.

I will bring the third part into the fire. I will refine them, as silver is refined, and I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: 'It is my people!' They will say: 'Jehovah is my God!'

You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.

Examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith. Prove your own selves. Do you not know this about yourselves that Jesus Christ is with you, unless you are disqualified?

Do not test Jehovah your God like you tested him in Massah.

They tested God again and again, and they pushed the Holy One of Israel to the limit.

But He knows the way I walk. He has tried me. I shall come forth as gold.

Test your servants, please, for ten days. Give them vegetables to eat and water to drink.

I, Jehovah, search the heart and examine the mind (inner man). I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

Beloved ones do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, for it comes upon you like a test, as though some strange thing were happening to you.

Why do you test God by placing a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, one that our fathers were not able to bear?

The refining pot is for silver. The furnace is for gold. A man is valued by what others say about him.

But Ahaz said: I will not ask. I will not put Jehovah to the test.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold but Jehovah proves the heart.

You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have decided that my mouth will not sin.

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

Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?

Moses responded: Do not be afraid. God has only come to test you and to inspire you to obey him, so that you will not sin.

Then Gideon said to God: Do not be angry with me. Allow me to speak just once more. Please let me make one more test with the wool. This time let the wool be dry, and the ground wet.

Examine me, O Jehovah, and test me. Look closely (deeply) into my heart and mind.

All right, Jehovah said to Satan, everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job! So Satan left.

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the complaining of the children of Israel, and because they tested Jehovah, saying: Is Jehovah among us or not?

A lawyer stood up to test him. He asked: Teacher what shall I do to inherit everlasting life?

Jehovah is in his holy temple. Jehovah's throne is in heaven. His eyes see. They examine the sons of men.

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.

Each of you must examine your own actions. Then you can be proud of your own accomplishments without comparing yourself to others.

The words of Jehovah are pure, like silver refined in a furnace on the earth and purified seven times.

Yet, O Jehovah of Hosts you test the righteous. You see the mind and the heart. Let me see your vengeance on them for to you I have revealed my cause.