'Test' in the Bible

Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?"

And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him:

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him.

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'"

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

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

Peter then told her, "Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!"

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

Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

each builder's work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done.

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything.

Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you -- unless, indeed, you fail the test!

And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test!

Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test.

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!

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.

I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.