'Testing' in the Bible
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.
And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.
And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?
And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.
This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.
Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?
But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.
And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,
Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;
There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.
The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth.
And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
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