'Tested' in the Bible

After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!”“Here I am,” he answered.

This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he threw it into the water, the water became drinkable.He made a statute and ordinance for them at Marah and He tested them there.

There the LORD presented to them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them. He said, "If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what he sees to be right, listen to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then I won't inflict on you all the diseases that I inflicted on the Egyptians, because I am the LORD your healer."

He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites complained, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

none of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tested Me these 10 times and did not obey Me,

Do not test the Lord your God as you tested Him at Massah.

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;

He said about Levi:Your Thummim and Urim belong to Your faithful one;You tested him at Massahand contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home.'" And Gideon tested them; twenty-two thousand returned, and ten thousand remained.

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.

When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon's reputation, she traveled to Jerusalem and tested him with difficult questions. She brought along a large retinue, camels laden with spices, and lots of gold and precious stones. Upon her arrival, she spoke with Solomon about everything that was on her mind.

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

Yet He knows the way I have taken;when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

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

If only Job were tested to the limit,because his answers are like those of wicked men.

Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,for that is why you have been tested by affliction.

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.

You have tested my heart;You have examined me at night.You have tried me and found nothing evil;I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

As for God, His way is blameless.The word of the Lord is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];He is a shield to all who take refuge 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.

For You, God, tested us;You refined us as silver is refined.

They deliberately tested God,demanding the food they craved.

They constantly tested Godand provoked the Holy One of Israel.

But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,for they did not keep His decrees.

You called out in distress, and I rescued you;I answered you from the thundercloud.I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah

where your fathers tested Me;they tried Me, though they had seen what I did.

Until the time his prediction came true,the word of the Lord tested him.

They were seized with craving in the wildernessand tested God in the desert.

Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

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.

A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,and a man for the words of his praise.

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 have tested all this by wisdom. I resolved, “I will be wise,” but it was beyond me.

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.

Therefore the Lord God said:“Look, I have laid a stone in Zion,a tested stone,a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;the one who believes will be unshakable.

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

For this sword has been tested [on others]; and what if it views with contempt the scepter [of Judah]? The scepter shall be no more [but shall be swept away],” says the Lord God.

He agreed with them about this and tested them for 10 days.

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.

I will put this third through the fire;I will refine them as silver is refinedand 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: Yahweh is our God.”