41 Bible Verses about trying
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You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, “They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen my hands.
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.
Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp.
“To whom would He teach knowledge,
And to whom would He interpret the message?
Those just weaned from milk?
Those just taken from the breast?
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.
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.
This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.
I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and yet Satan hindered us.
As for God, His way is blameless;
The word of the Lord is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
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.
Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the Lord tested him.
O taste and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
The words of the Lord are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.
But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Why not offer it to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?” says the Lord of hosts.
and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot discover.
But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
Men will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes of the ground
Before the terror of the Lord
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;
For the redemption of his soul is costly,
And he should cease trying forever—
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?
Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
Cease from your consideration of it.
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
Another one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’
When he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.
These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
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;