'Tested' in the Bible

Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”

Then he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet.There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them.

He named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us, or not?”

“You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them off.

“As for God, His way is blameless;The word of the Lord is tested;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.

“When your fathers tested Me,They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Until the time that his word came to pass,The word of the Lord tested him.

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold,And each is tested by the praise accorded him.

Every word of God is tested;He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.

I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.

Therefore thus says the Lord God,“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed.He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,Refine them as silver is refined,And test them as gold is tested.They will call on My name,And I will answer them;I will say, ‘They are My people,’And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;

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;

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.