'Tested' in the Bible

Then Jesus was led by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

One of them, an expert in the Law, tested him by asking,

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.

The Pharisees arrived and began arguing with Jesus. They tested him by demanding from him a sign from heaven.

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must [of necessity] suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and must be put to death, and after three days rise [from death to life].

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry.

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"

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.

nor put Christ to the test, as some of them tested [him], and were destroyed by snakes,

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;

We have also sent with them our brother. We have often tested him in many circumstances and found him to be diligent—and now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you.

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 everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.

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 you know of Timothy’s tested worth and his proven character, that he has served with me to advance the gospel like a son serving with his father.

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 they must also be tested first; if they prove blameless, then they can serve as deacons.

Study and do your best to present yourself to God approved, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth.

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 since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,and saw My works

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and he was offering his unique son,

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 your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.

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

I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.

I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.