'Tested' in the Bible

Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.

Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times.

As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him.

Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

Till the time when his word came true; he was tested by the word of the Lord.

Your word is of tested value; and it is dear to your servant.

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him.

And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.

For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

Till a number are tested and make themselves clean; and the evil-doers will do evil; for not one of the evil-doers will have knowledge; but all will be made clear to those who are wise.

And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.

But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.

But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.

For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.