Bible Verses About Testing
Bible verses about Testing
Discover what the Bible says about testing.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Scripture Passages
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day [that] I brought them out of the land of Egypt, [even] to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
And Jesus saith to him, See thou tell no man; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
And ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge on its branches.
But ye say, Whoever shall say to [his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me;
Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received my own with interest.
Now the chief priests and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death;
And the high priest arose, and said to him, Answerest thou nothing, what [is it which] these testify against thee?
And all bore him testimony, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
And whoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
Truly ye bear testimony, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.
For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup [is] the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
And they said, What need have we of any further testimony? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.
The same came for a witness, to bear testimony of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.
John testified concerning him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me; for he was before me.
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou?
And John bore testimony, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Verily, verily, I say to thee, We speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou didst bear testimony, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, who testified, He told me all that ever I did.
There is another that testifieth concerning me, and I know that the testimony which he beareth concerning me is true.
But I have greater testimony than [that] of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear testimony concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.
And the Father himself who hath sent me, hath borne testimony concerning me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.
Jesus answered and said to them, Though I testify concerning myself, [yet] my testimony is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I did in my Father's name, they testify concerning me.
The people therefore that were with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bore testimony.
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he will testify concerning me.
Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear testimony of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
Pilate therefore said to him, Art thou a King then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.