41 Bible Verses about trying

You are estranged from Christ, [you] who are attempting to be justified by the law; you have fallen from grace.

for all of them [sought] to frighten us, saying, "their hands will not do the work." And now, [God], strengthen my hands.

the work of each one will become evident. For the day will reveal [it], because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the work of each one, of what sort it is.

So they were seeking again to seize him, and he departed out of their hand.

[To] whom will he teach knowledge, and [to] whom will he explain [the] message? Those who are weaned from milk, [those] taken from [the] breast?

For am I now making an appeal to people or [to] God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits [to determine] if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)

Let us test and examine our ways; let us return to Yahweh.

[because you] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Consequently, I find the principle with me, the one who wants to do good, that evil is present with me.

For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism, that to an extraordinary degree I was persecuting the church of God, and trying to destroy it,

trying to learn what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

because we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, {on more than one occasion}--and Satan hindered us.

This God--his way [is] blameless. The word of Yahweh [is] flawless. He [is] a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

For you have tested us, O God; you have tried us as silver is tried.

You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.

Until [the] time his word came about, the word of Yahweh tested him.

Taste and see that Yahweh [is] good; blessed [is] the man [who] takes refuge in him.

But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.

But if you marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.

The words of Yahweh [are] pure words [like] silver refined in the crucible on the ground, refined seven times.

For the good that I want [to do], I do not do, but the evil that I do not want [to do], this I do.

When you offer a blind [animal] for sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer [the] lame and the one who is ill, is that not wrong? Present it, please, to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? {Will he show you favor}?" says Yahweh of hosts.

Then I saw all the work of God--man [is] not able to discover the work that is done under the sun. Although man may toil in seeking, he cannot find it. Even if a wise man claims [that he] knows it, he cannot find it.

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

and they will enter into [the] caves of [the] rocks and into [the] holes of [the] ground from the presence of the terror of Yahweh and from the glory of his majesty {when he rises} to terrify the earth.

By faith Abraham, [when he] was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only [son],

(since the redemption price for their life is costly and it always fails),

So now why are you putting God to the test [by] placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist

Now Simon, [when he] saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money,

And another said, 'I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you, consider me excused.'

And [when he] arrived in Jerusalem, he was attempting to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, [because they] did not believe that he was a disciple.

As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are attempting to compel you to be circumcised, only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

And he was seeking to see Jesus--who he was--and he was not able to as a result of the crowd, because he was short in stature.

Then they picked up stones in order to throw [them] at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple [courts].

These [things] I have written to you concerning the ones who are trying to deceive you.

so that you visit him {every morning}, you test him {every moment}?

so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,