25 Bible Verses about trying
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You people, whoever you are among you, who try to get into right standing with God, through law have cut yourselves off from Christ, you have missed the way of God's favor.
the character of each one's work will come to light, for the judgment day will show it up. This is so, because that day will show itself in fire, and the fire will test the character of each one's work.
Once more they were trying to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.
Am I now trying to win men's favor, or God's? Or, am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all.
Dearly beloved, stop believing every so-called spiritual utterance, but keep testing them to see whether they come from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
He was saying this to test him for He knew Himself what He was going to do.
for you surely know that what is genuine in your faith produces the patient mind that endures;
You have heard, indeed, of my former conduct as an adherent of the Jewish religion, how I kept on furiously persecuting the church of God, and tried to destroy it,
Because we did want to come to see you; I mean, that I myself, Paul, wanted again and again to come, but Satan prevented it.
But if you do get married, you have not sinned in doing so. And if a girl gets married, she has not sinned in doing so. But those who do will have trouble in their earthly life, and I am trying to spare you this.
Indeed, I do not do the good things that I want to do, but I do practice the evil things that I do not want to do.
But right now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that He has learned from God. Abraham never did that.
By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, offered Isaac as a sacrifice; that is, he who had received the promise was starting to offer as a sacrifice his only son,
Then why do you now try to test God by putting on these disciples' necks a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we could bear?
So when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
Another said, 'I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I am on my way to try them. Please excuse me.'
Now when Saul arrived at Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples there, but they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was really a disciple.
These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised simply want to make a fine outward show, only to keep you from being persecuted for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now he was trying to see Jesus to find out who He was, but he could not because of the crowd, as he was so small in stature.
At this the Jews took up stones to stone Him, but Jesus made His way out of the temple unperceived.
I write you this with reference to those who are trying to lead you astray,
so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even after it is shown by the test of fire to be genuine, may result in your praise and glory and honor at the unveiling of Jesus Christ.
