50 Bible Verses about Tests

Yet, O Lord of hosts, You who test the righteous,
Who see the mind and the heart;
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For to You I have set forth my cause.

The words of the Lord are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.

But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another.

I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also.

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

He named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

Examine me, O Lord, and try me;
Test my mind and my heart.

Then Gideon said to God, “Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”

Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.”

“Does not the ear test words,
As the palate tastes its food?

“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

You have tried my heart;
You have visited me by night;
You have tested me and You find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.

But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;

“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

“Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.

“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Again and again they tempted God,
And pained the Holy One of Israel.

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test?

For You have tried us, O God;
You have refined us as silver is refined.

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;

so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;

This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach.

That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out if you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts.

Let us examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.

Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the Lord tested him.

You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

“For the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food.

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

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

Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.

each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;