'Test' in the Bible

Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.

So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

And of Levi he said, Give your Thummim to Levi and let the Urim be with your loved one, whom you put to the test at Massah, with whom you were angry at the waters of Meribah;

In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.

Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.

Then the Lord said to Gideon, There are still more people than is necessary; take them down to the water so that I may put them to the test for you there; then whoever I say is to go with you will go, and whoever I say is not to go will not go.

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.

Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

I said in my heart, It is because of the sons of men, so that God may put them to the test and that they may see themselves as beasts.

All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.

But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.

I have made you a tester among my people, so that you may have knowledge of their way and put it to the test.

So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

Put your servants to the test for ten days; let them give us grain for our food and water for our drink.

So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the test for ten days.

Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.

Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.

And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

And a certain teacher of the law got up and put him to the test, saying, Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

May we have forgiveness for our sins, as we make free all those who are in debt to us. And let us not be put to the test.

And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to the test.

And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to the test.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to the test by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.

Then those who were about to put him to the test went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.

If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward.

And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?

But let every man make test of his work, and then will his cause for glory be in himself only, and not in his neighbour.

And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.

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:

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;

Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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.