'Proved' in the Bible

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.