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In the biblical context, the concept of a "test" often refers to situations where individuals or groups are put through trials or challenges to prove their faith, obedience, or character. Tests can be divinely ordained or arise from life's circumstances, and they serve to refine and strengthen believers.

Old Testament Examples

1.Abraham's Test of Faith: One of the most significant tests in the Old Testament is the command given to Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. This test was a profound trial of Abraham's faith and obedience to God.Genesis 22:1-2 states, "Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' 'Here I am,' he replied. 'Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will show you.'" Abraham's willingness to obey demonstrated his unwavering faith, and God provided a ram as a substitute for Isaac.

2.Israel's Wilderness Testing: The Israelites experienced numerous tests during their 40 years in the wilderness. These tests were meant to teach them reliance on God and adherence to His commandments.Deuteronomy 8:2 reflects on this period: "Remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments."

3.Job's Trials: The Book of Job presents a narrative where Job undergoes severe testing through loss and suffering. Despite his trials, Job's faithfulness is highlighted, and his account serves as an example of perseverance and trust in God's sovereignty.

New Testament Examples

1.Jesus' Temptation: Jesus Himself was tested in the wilderness by Satan. This event is recorded inMatthew 4:1-11, where Jesus resists the temptations of the devil by quoting Scripture, demonstrating His obedience and commitment to God's will.

2.Testing of Believers: The New Testament frequently addresses the testing of believers' faith.James 1:2-3 encourages Christians to view trials positively: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."

3.The Church at Smyrna: InRevelation 2:10 , the church at Smyrna is warned of impending trials: "Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life."

Purpose and Outcome of Tests

Tests in the Bible serve multiple purposes. They reveal the true nature of one's faith, encourage spiritual growth, and demonstrate God's faithfulness.1 Peter 1:6-7 explains, "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials, so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

Divine Testing vs. Temptation

It is important to distinguish between divine testing and temptation. While God tests believers to strengthen their faith, He does not tempt them to sin.James 1:13 clarifies, "When tempted, no one should say, 'God is tempting me.' For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone."

Conclusion

The biblical theme of testing underscores the importance of faithfulness and reliance on God. Through tests, believers are refined and prepared for greater service and deeper relationship with God.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.

2. (n.) Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.

3. (n.) Means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.

4. (n.) That with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.

5. (n.) Discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.

6. (n.) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

7. (n.) A reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulfuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.

8. (v. t.) To refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.

9. (v. t.) To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.

10. (v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.

11. (n.) A witness.

12. (v. i.) To make a testament, or will.

13. (n.) Alt. of Testa

Greek

1598. ekpeirazo -- totest thoroughly, tempt
... totest thoroughly, tempt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekpeirazo Phonetic
Spelling: (ek-pi-rad'-zo) Short Definition: I put to thetest, make trial of...

3985. peirazo -- to make proof of, to attempt,test, tempt
... to make proof of, to attempt,test, tempt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
peirazo Phonetic Spelling: (pi-rad'-zo) Short Definition: I try, tempt,test...

1381. dokimazo -- totest, by impl. to approve
... dokimazo. 1381a . totest, by impl.... Cognate: 1381 (from 1384 , "approved") -- properly,
to try (test) to (real, ); to reveal what is (). See 1384 ()....

96b. adokimos -- not standing thetest, rejected
... 96a, 96b. adokimos. 97 . not standing thetest, rejected. Transliteration:
adokimos Short Definition:test. Word Origin from alpha (as a neg....

1381a. dokimazo -- totest, by impl. to approve
... dokimazo. 1381b . totest, by impl. to approve. Transliteration: dokimazo Short
Definition: examine. Word Origin from dokimos Definition totest, by impl....

1650. elegchos -- a proof,test
... a proof,test. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: elegchos Phonetic
Spelling: (el'-eng-khos) Short Definition: a proof, persuasion, reproof...

4451. purosis -- a burning, hence a refining
... refining. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: purosis Phonetic Spelling:
(poo'-ro-sis) Short Definition: a burning, trial, fierytest Definition: a...

1383. dokimion -- a testing
... a testing. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: dokimion Phonetic Spelling:
(dok-im'-ee-on) Short Definition: atest, trial, what is genuine Definition...

1382. dokime -- (the process or result of) trial, proving...
... dokimos Definition (the process or result of) trial, proving, approval NASB Word
Usage ordeal (1), proof (2), proven character (2), proven worth (1),test (1)....

96. adokimos -- Admin, an Israelite
... Israelite. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: adokimos Phonetic Spelling:
(ad-ok'-ee-mos) Short Definition: failing to pass thetest Definition: failing...

Strong's Hebrew

5254. nasah -- totest, try
... 5253, 5254. nasah. 5255 . totest, try. Transliteration: nasah Phonetic Spelling:
(naw-saw') Short Definition:test. Word Origin a prim....

6884. tsaraph -- to smelt, refine,test
... 6883, 6884. tsaraph. 6885 . to smelt, refine,test. Transliteration: tsaraph
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-raf') Short Definition: goldsmith. Word Origin a prim...

239. azan -- to weigh,test, prove
... 238, 239. azan. 240 . to weigh,test, prove. Transliteration: azan Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-zan') Short Definition: pondered. Word Origin a prim....

4531b. massah -- atest, trial, proving
... atest, trial, proving. Transliteration: massah Short Definition: trials. Word Origin
from nasah Definition atest, trial, proving NASB Word Usage trials (3)....

974. bachan -- to examine, try
... 973b, 974. bachan. 975 . to examine, try. Transliteration: bachan Phonetic
Spelling: (baw-khan') Short Definition:test. Word Origin a prim....

4924. mashman -- fatness
... literally and abstractly) fatness; but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich
dish, a fertile field, a robust man -- fat (one, -ness, -test, -test place...

8505. takan -- to regulate, measure, estimate
... ment. Estimate,test) -- bear up, direct, be ((un-))equal, mete, ponder, tell,
weigh. 8504, 8505. takan. 8506 . Strong's Numbers.

Library

Thomas'Test.
... XXIII. THOMAS'TEST.... Was the ultimatetest in his own case to be that very evidence
which in the case of others he maintained was insufficient?...

The CrowningTest and Triumph of Faith
... GENESIS THE CROWNINGTEST AND TRIUMPH OF FAITH. II. The... meaning. 'God did
prove Abraham'; the strange command was atest of his faith....

Keeping the Commandments aTest of Love.
... KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS ATEST OF LOVE.... Again, Jesus says, "If a man love me,
he will keep my words." Here is an unfailingtest of love....

April the Thirtieth theTest of victory
... APRIL The Thirtieth THETEST OF VICTORY. "David behaveth... 5. The hour of victory
is a more severe moraltest than the hour of defeat. Many...

Test of Astrology.
... Book X. Chapter XI."Test of Astrology. Then I:answered: "I shall therefore
tell you, my father, what is the nature of mathematics...

Test of Truth.
... Homily II. Chapter VIII."Test of Truth. "And it is by no means that which
is true, but that which is pleasing, which persuades...

Test of Idols.
... Homily VIII. Chapter XV."Test of Idols. "For as dire serpents draw sparrows
to them by their breath, so also these draw to their...

Test of Truth.
... Homily III. Chapter XLVIII."Test of Truth. Then said Simon: "Since, as
you say, we must understand the things concerning God by...

Test of the Prophet.
... Homily II. Chapter X."Test of the Prophet. "If he is a Prophet, and is
able to know how the world was made, and the things that...

Invitation. CM The TrueTest.
... CM The TrueTest. The TrueTest.... 5 O Lord and Master of us all, Whate'er our name
or sign, We own thy sway, we hear thy call, Wetest our lives by thine!...

Thesaurus

Test (105 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination
or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to atest....

Testing (46 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) ofTest. 2. (n.) The act of testing or proving; trial; proof. 3. (n.)
The operation of refining gold or silver in atest, or cupel; cupellation....

Evident (26 Occurrences)
... the evidence of things not seen," the English Revised Version "proving," margin,
"ortest," better, as the American Standard Revised Version, "conviction...

Prove (83 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by atest or standard; totest;
as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the...

Try (84 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To prove by experiment; to apply atest to, for the purpose of determining
the quality; to examine; to prove; totest; as, to try weights or measures...

Reprobate (8 Occurrences)
... The close phonetic resemblance and etymological affinity of dokimos to the verb
dokimazo, "to try," "test," has caused the notion of "being tested," "tried...

Evidently (4 Occurrences)
... the evidence of things not seen," the English Revised Version "proving," margin,
"ortest," better, as the American Standard Revised Version, "conviction...

Evidence (41 Occurrences)
... the evidence of things not seen," the English Revised Version "proving," margin,
"ortest," better, as the American Standard Revised Version, "conviction...

Examine (48 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) Totest by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover
the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of...

Tested (80 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) ofTest.... Luke 22:31 Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you,
so that he may put you to thetest as grain is tested: (BBE)....

Resources

What does it mean to test God? | GotQuestions.org

What does “test yourselves” mean in 2 Corinthians 13:5? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to test the spirits? | GotQuestions.org

Test: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Test (105 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:7
Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written,'You shall nottest the Lord, your God.'"
(WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Matthew 6:13
And let us not be put to thetest, but keep us safe from the Evil One.
(BBE)

Matthew 16:1
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 19:3
Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 22:18
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do youtest me, you hypocrites?
(WEB NAS RSV)

Matthew 22:35
One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:41
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to thetest: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
(BBE)

Mark 8:11
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 10:2
Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 12:15
Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why do youtest me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it."
(WEB BBE NAS RSV)

Mark 14:38
Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to thetest; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.
(BBE)

Luke 4:12
And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to thetest.
(BBE NAS NIV)

Luke 8:13
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 thetest comes they give up.
(BBE NIV)

Luke 10:25
Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:4
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 thetest.
(BBE)

Luke 11:16
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 14:19
And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make atest of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.
(BBE)

Luke 20:23
But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do youtest me?
(WEB)

Luke 22:31
Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to thetest as grain is tested:
(BBE)

Luke 22:40
And when he came to the place, he said to them, Make a prayer that you may not be put to thetest.
(BBE)

Luke 22:46
And he said, Why are you sleeping? Get up, and give yourselves to prayer, so that you may not be put to thetest.
(BBE)

John 3:19
And this is thetest by which men are judged--the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than they loved the Light, because their deeds were wicked.
(WEY BBE)

John 6:6
This he said totest him, for he himself knew what he would do.
(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

John 8:6
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV)

Acts 5:9
But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."
(See NAS NIV)

Acts 15:10
Why then are you testing God, by putting on the neck of the disciples a yoke so hard that not even our fathers or we were strong enough for it?
(Root in BBE NAS NIV)

Acts 22:24
The chief captain gave orders for him to be taken into the army building, saying that he would put him to thetest by whipping, so that he might have knowledge of the reason why they were crying out so violently against him.
(BBE)

Acts 22:29
Then those who were about to put him to thetest went away: and the chief captain was in fear, seeing that he was a Roman, and that he had put chains on him.
(BBE)

Romans 2:18
and know the supreme will, and cantest things that differ--being a man who receives instruction from the Law--
(WEY)

Romans 12:2
Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 3:13
each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself willtest what sort of work each man's work is.
(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 3:14
If any one's work--the building which he has erected--stands thetest, he will be rewarded.
(WEY BBE)

1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let ustest the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
(WEB WEY BBE RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 10:13
You have been put to notest 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.
(BBE)

2 Corinthians 2:9
For to this end also I have written, that I might know, by putting you to thetest, if as to everything ye are obedient.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 8:2
How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.
(Root in BBE RSV)

2 Corinthians 8:8
I am not saying this by way of command, but totest by the standard of other men's earnestness the genuineness of your love also.
(WEY BBE NIV)

2 Corinthians 9:13
seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
(See RSV)

2 Corinthians 13:5
Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don't you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?-unless indeed you are disqualified.
(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 13:6
But I hope that you will know that we aren't disqualified.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Corinthians 13:7
Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.
(See RSV NIV)

Galatians 6:4
But let each mantest his own work, and then he will take pride in himself and not in his neighbor.
(WEB BBE RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:21
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
(WEB WEY BBE RSV NIV)

1 Timothy 3:10
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 2:18
For having been put to thetest himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.
(BBE)

Hebrews 3:9
where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years.
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:17
By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

James 1:12
Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood thetest, he will gain the victor's crown--even the crown of Life--which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
(WEY BBE RSV NIV)

James 1:13
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:
(Root in BBE)

1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, totest you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
(WEB WEY BBE NAS)

1 John 4:1
Beloved, don't believe every spirit, buttest the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
(WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 4:2
Thetest by which you may recognize the Spirit of God is that every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come as man is from God,
(WEY)

1 John 4:6
The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By thistest we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
(WEY)

Revelation 2:2
"I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 2:10
Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:10
Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
(Root in WEB WEY BBE NAS NIV)

Genesis 22:1
It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 30:33
And so you will be able to put my honour to thetest 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.
(BBE NIV)

Genesis 42:15
By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 16:4
Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I maytest them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
(WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Exodus 17:2
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do youtest Yahweh?"
(WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Exodus 17:7
He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"
(Root in WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Exodus 20:20
Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come totest you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."
(WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Numbers 14:22
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 thetest ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;
(BBE NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 6:16
Do not put the Lord your God to thetest as you did in Massah.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 8:2
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 thetest, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 8:16
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;
(Root in BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, Give your Thummim to Levi and let the Urim be with your loved one, whom you put to thetest at Massah, with whom you were angry at the waters of Meribah;
(BBE RSV NIV)

Judges 2:22
In order to put Israel to thetest, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.
(BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 3:1
Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;
(Root in BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 6:39
Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one moretest with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.
(BBE NAS NIV)

Judges 7:4
Yahweh said to Gideon, "The people are still too many. Bring them down to the water, and I willtest them for you there. It shall be, that of whom I tell you,'This shall go with you,' the same shall go with you; and of whoever I tell you,'This shall not go with you,' the same shall not go."
(WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 2:14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give atest of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.
(BBE NAS)

1 Kings 10:1
Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to thetest with hard questions.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 9:1
Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to thetest 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.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 32:31
However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.
(Root in BBE NAS NIV)

Job 7:18
that you should visit him every morning, andtest him every moment?
(WEB BBE DBY YLT RSV NIV)

Job 12:11
Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
(Root in BBE NAS NIV)

Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
(Root in BBE NAS RSV)

Psalms 11:5
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to thetest, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
(BBE NAS RSV)

Psalms 17:3
Thou hast tried my heart, Thou hast visited it in the night; Thou hast tested me, and Thou findest not that I had a thought which should not pass my mouth.
(Root in JPS BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 26:2
Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me; Try my heart and my mind.
(See JPS BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 66:10
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
(Root in WEB BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:18
Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.
(Root in BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:41
Again they put God to thetest, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.
(BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 81:7
You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.
(Root in WEB BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 95:9
when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
(Root in WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 106:14
but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.
(Root in WEB BBE RSV NIV)

Psalms 139:23
O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
(Root in BBE NIV)

Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, "Come now, I willtest you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity.
(WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
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Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this I have put to thetest by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me.
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Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to thetest by making such a request.
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Jeremiah 6:27
I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
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Jeremiah 9:7
So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to thetest; this I will do because of their evil-doing.
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Jeremiah 11:20
But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
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Jeremiah 12:3
But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
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Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
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Jeremiah 20:12
But, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you have I revealed my cause.
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Lamentations 3:40
Let us make search and put our ways to thetest, turning again to the Lord;
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