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The theme of testing is prevalent throughout Scripture, illustrating both divine testing by God and the testing of God by humans. Divine Testing 1. Abraham: One of the most notable examples of divine testing is found in the account of Abraham. In <a href="/genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22:1-2</a> , God tests Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son Isaac: "Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, 'Abraham!' 'Here I am,' he replied. 'Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.'" This test was designed to assess Abraham's faith and obedience, which he demonstrated by his willingness to comply with God's command. 2. Israelites in the Wilderness: The Israelites' journey through the wilderness is another significant period of testing. In <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a> , Moses reminds the Israelites, "Remember that the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments." This testing was meant to reveal their dependence on God and their commitment to His laws. 3. Job: The Book of Job presents a profound narrative of testing. Job, a righteous man, undergoes severe trials as a test of his faithfulness. Despite losing his wealth, health, and family, Job remains steadfast in his faith, exemplifying the endurance and integrity that can result from divine testing. Testing of God by Humans 1. Israelites' Doubt: The Israelites frequently tested God through their doubt and disobedience. In <a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">Exodus 17:7</a> , after God provided water from the rock, the place was named Massah and Meribah "because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD, saying, 'Is the LORD among us or not?'" This testing reflected their lack of trust in God's provision and presence. 2. Gideon's Fleece: In <a href="/judges/6-36.htm">Judges 6:36-40</a>, Gideon tests God by asking for signs involving a fleece to confirm God's promise of victory over the Midianites. While God graciously responds to Gideon's requests, this episode highlights human tendencies to seek reassurance and proof of divine promises. Purpose and Outcome of Testing Testing serves multiple purposes in the biblical narrative. It is a means by which God refines and purifies His people, as seen in passages like <a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Zechariah 13:9</a> : "I will bring that third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and 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, 'The LORD is our God.'" Moreover, testing is an opportunity for believers to demonstrate their faith and reliance on God. <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a> encourages believers to view trials as beneficial: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." Jesus' Testing Jesus Himself underwent testing, most notably during His temptation in the wilderness. In <a href="/matthew/4.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a> , Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. His responses to Satan's temptations, grounded in Scripture, demonstrate His sinless nature and unwavering commitment to the Father's will. Conclusion The biblical theme of testing underscores the importance of faith, obedience, and reliance on God. Through testing, believers are refined and strengthened, ultimately drawing closer to God and fulfilling His purposes.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(imp. & p. p.) of Test.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1384.htm">1384. dokimos -- tested, approved</a> ... tested, approved. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dokimos Phonetic Spelling: (dok'-ee-mos) Short Definition: approved, acceptable Definition: approved ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1384.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1506.htm">1506. eilikrines -- judged by sunlight, unalloyed, pure</a> ... pure, sincere. From heile (the sun's ray) and krino; judged by sunlight, ie Tested as genuine (figuratively) -- pure, sincere. see GREEK krino. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1506.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1382.htm">1382. dokime -- (the process or result of) trial, proving ...</a> ... Cognate: 1382 (a feminine noun derived from 1384 ) -- proof of genuineness ("approval, through testing"), a brand of what is "tested and true." See 1381 (). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1382.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1381a.htm">1381a. dokimazo -- to test, by impl. to approve</a> ... NASB Word Usage analyze (2), approve (3), approved (1), approves (1), examine (4), examines (1), prove (1), proving (1), see fit (1), test (2), tested (3), try ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1381a.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/1598.htm">1598. ekpeirazo -- to test thoroughly, tempt</a> ... testing to an (unwarranted) degree; "hyper-test," going to improper measures which exceed appropriate boundaries and pushing the one tested beyond reasonable ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1598.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/552.htm">552. apeiros -- without experience of</a> ... inexperienced, unskillful, ignorant. 552 (from 1 "not" and 3984 , "a test, trial") -- properly, or when tested (tried). [In classical Greek ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/552.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/370.htm">370. anaxios -- unworthy</a> ... 370 (from 303 , " to the top" and 514 , "worth, as it corresponds to real value") -- properly, tested and , ie not equal to the task; unworthy (unfit ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/370.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3985.htm">3985. peirazo -- to make proof of, to attempt, test, tempt</a> ... proof of, to attempt, test, tempt NASB Word Usage did (1), put (1), put to the test (2), tempt (2), tempted (13), tempter (2), test (6), tested (2), testing (7 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3985.htm - 9k<a href="/greek/227.htm">227. alethes -- true.</a> ... [227 ("what can't be hidden") stresses when something is fully tested, ie it ultimately be shown to be (authentic).]. Word Origin from alpha (as a neg. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/227.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/976.htm">976. bochan -- a testing</a> ... 975, 976. bochan. 977 . a testing. Transliteration: bochan Phonetic Spelling: (bo'-khan) Short Definition: tested. Word Origin from ... /hebrew/976.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/974.htm">974. bachan -- to examine, try</a> ... root Definition to examine, try NASB Word Usage assay (2), examine (2), proved (1), test (7), tested (3), tests (3), tried (5), tries (2), try (3). ... /hebrew/974.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5254.htm">5254. nasah -- to test, try</a> ... root Definition to test, try NASB Word Usage make a test (1), proved (1), put (1), put to the test (2), tempted (3), test (13), tested (9), testing (3), tried ... /hebrew/5254.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/977.htm">977. bachar -- to choose</a> ... 1), chose (21), chosen (67), desired (2), men (1), preferred (1), require (1), select (1), selected (1), selected from the choice (1), selects (1), tested (1). ... /hebrew/977.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/1305.htm">1305. barar -- to purify, select</a> ... 2), cleanse (1), pure you show (2), purge (2), purged (1), purified (1), purify (1), select (1), sharpen (1), show yourself pure (2), sincerely (1), tested (1 ... /hebrew/1305.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6884.htm">6884. tsaraph -- to smelt, refine, test</a> ... 2), pure (1), refine (3), refined (5), refiner's (1), refining goes (1), silversmith (2), smelt (1), smelter (2), smith (1), test (2), tested (4), tried (2). ... /hebrew/6884.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/faith_tested_and_crowned.htm">Faith Tested and Crowned</a> ... GENESIS FAITH TESTED AND CROWNED. 'And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/faith tested and crowned.htm<a href="/library/various/creeds_of_christendom_with_a_history_and_critical_notes/_34_papal_infallibility_explained.htm">Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Tradition and ...</a> ... A HISTORY OF THE CREEDS OF CHRISTENDOM 34. Papal Infallibility Explained, and Tested by Tradition and Scripture. ... [328]. Papal Infallibility tested by Tradition. ... /.../ 34 papal infallibility explained.htm<a href="/library/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/section_28_this_exceptional_fact.htm">This Exceptional Fact must be Tested by Experience. Let those who ...</a> ... On the Incarnation of the Word. Section 28. This exceptional fact must be tested by experience. Let those who doubt it become Christians. ... /.../select works and letters or athanasius/section 28 this exceptional fact.htm<a href="/library/griswold/sixty_years_with_plymouth_church/the_church_tested.htm">The Church Tested</a> ... THE CHURCH TESTED. On March 8, 1887, a little less than forty years after he had been called as pastor of Plymouth Church, Henry Ward Beecher died. ... /.../griswold/sixty years with plymouth church/the church tested.htm<a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/18_but_if_this_that.htm">If it Has Been Tested And...</a> ... Book I. 18 But if this that you say is true, " if it has been tested and? But if this that you say is true,"if it has been ... /.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/18 but if this that.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_works_of_john_cassian_/chapter_iii_of_the_ordeal.htm">Of the Ordeal by which one who is to be Received in the Monastery ...</a> ... Prolegomena. Chapter III. Of the ordeal by which one who is to be received in the monastery is tested. One, then, who seeks to be ... /.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter iii of the ordeal.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/gods_promises_tests.htm">God's Promises Tests</a> ... him; but the Psalmist fixes our thoughts on another effect which, whether it encouraged or discouraged, it certainly had, namely, that it tested him, and found ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/gods promises tests.htm<a href="/library/taylor/separation_and_service/part_i_separation_to_god.htm">Separation to God.</a> ... The first thing that we note is, that as the obedience of Adam was tested in the Garden by the prohibition of one tree"a tree pleasant to look upon, and good ... /.../taylor/separation and service/part i separation to god.htm<a href="/library/benincasa/letters_of_catherine_benincasa/to_brother_raimondo_of_capua_2.htm">To Brother Raimondo of Capua at Avignon</a> ... may grant them. No virtue would be tested in it; for virtue is tested by its opposite. How is purity tested and won? Through the ... /.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother raimondo of capua 2.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/the_crowning_test_and_triumph.htm">The Crowning Test and Triumph of Faith</a> ... Abraham, as the 'Father of the Faithful,' has his faith tested by a series of events from his setting out from Haran, and they culminate in this sharpest of all ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the crowning test and triumph.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/tested.htm">Tested (80 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Tested (80 Occurrences). Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One. (BBE). ... /t/tested.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/t/test.htm">Test (105 Occurrences)</a> ... 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). ... /t/test.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/p/proves.htm">Proves (11 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Thessalonians 2:4 But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please men but to please ... /p/proves.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/r/refined.htm">Refined (26 Occurrences)</a> ... 1 Peter 1:7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise ... /r/refined.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/m/meribah.htm">Meribah (11 Occurrences)</a> ... In Psalm 81:7 God appears as having tested Israel here. ... I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah. ... /m/meribah.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/f/feelings.htm">Feelings (26 Occurrences)</a> ... Hebrews 4:15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points ... /f/feelings.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/t/tasted.htm">Tasted (18 Occurrences)</a> ... Job 12:11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth? (BBE). ... Job 34:3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. ... /t/tasted.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/m/massah.htm">Massah (5 Occurrences)</a> ... In Psalm 81:7 God appears as having tested Israel here. The sin of Israel and the ensuing calamity to Moses are alluded to in Psalm 106:32. ... /m/massah.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/s/strapped.htm">Strapped (3 Occurrences)</a> ... (See NIV). 1 Samuel 17:39 David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to ... /s/strapped.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/t/tunic.htm">Tunic (24 Occurrences)</a> ... (See NIV). 1 Samuel 17:39 David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to ... /t/tunic.htm - 13k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/test-God.html">What does it mean to test God? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/why-does-God-test-us.html">Why does God test us? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/creation-evolution.html">What does the Bible say about creation vs. evolution? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/tested.htm">Tested: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Tested (80 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/4-1.htm">Matthew 4:1</a> Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/16-1.htm">Matthew 16:1</a> And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven. (See NIV)<a href="/matthew/19-3.htm">Matthew 19:3</a> And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause? (See RSV)<a href="/matthew/22-35.htm">Matthew 22:35</a> And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying, (See NIV)<a href="/mark/1-13.htm">Mark 1:13</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/mark/10-2.htm">Mark 10:2</a> And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife? (See NIV)<a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Luke 4:2</a> For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food. (BBE)<a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Luke 10:25</a> Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (WEB)<a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31</a> Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested: (BBE)<a href="/acts/20-19.htm">Acts 20:19</a> serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews; (See NIV)<a href="/romans/16-10.htm">Romans 16:10</a> Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. (See NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-9.htm">1 Corinthians 10:9</a> Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents. (WEB WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/14-24.htm">1 Corinthians 14:24</a> 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; (BBE)<a href="/2_corinthians/8-22.htm">2 Corinthians 8:22</a> We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/galatians/6-1.htm">Galatians 6:1</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/ephesians/5-13.htm">Ephesians 5:13</a> But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light. (WEY)<a href="/ephesians/6-21.htm">Ephesians 6:21</a> 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: (BBE)<a href="/1_thessalonians/2-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:4</a> But as God tested and approved us before entrusting us with His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives. (WEY BBE)<a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:5</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-21.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:21</a> Let all things be tested; keep to what is good; (BBE)<a href="/1_timothy/3-10.htm">1 Timothy 3:10</a> Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_timothy/3-8.htm">2 Timothy 3:8</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/2-18.htm">Hebrews 2:18</a> For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested. (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/3-9.htm">Hebrews 3:9</a> where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my works for forty years. (WEB NIV)<a href="/hebrews/4-15.htm">Hebrews 4:15</a> For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin. (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/11-17.htm">Hebrews 11:17</a> By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son; (WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36</a> Others again were tested by cruel mockery and by scourging; yes, and by chains and imprisonment. (WEY BBE)<a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37</a> 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, (BBE)<a href="/james/1-13.htm">James 1:13</a> 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: (BBE)<a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14</a> But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire. (BBE)<a href="/1_peter/1-6.htm">1 Peter 1:6</a> 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, (BBE)<a href="/1_peter/1-7.htm">1 Peter 1:7</a> that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ- (WEB BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/1_peter/4-12.htm">1 Peter 4:12</a> Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire: (BBE)<a href="/revelation/2-2.htm">Revelation 2:2</a> "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. (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/revelation/2-10.htm">Revelation 2:10</a> 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. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a> If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/22-1.htm">Genesis 22:1</a> It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am." (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/42-15.htm">Genesis 42:15</a> By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/42-16.htm">Genesis 42:16</a> Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies." (WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Exodus 15:25</a> Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them; (WEB DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">Exodus 17:7</a> 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?" (WEB NAS NIV)<a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22</a> 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; (See NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/6-16.htm">Deuteronomy 6:16</a> Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16</a> 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; (BBE)<a href="/deuteronomy/33-8.htm">Deuteronomy 33:8</a> 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; (See NIV)<a href="/judges/7-3.htm">Judges 7:3</a> 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. (DBY RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/17-39.htm">1 Samuel 17:39</a> David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, "I can't go with these; for I have not tested them." David took them off. (WEB NAS)<a href="/2_samuel/22-31.htm">2 Samuel 22:31</a> As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. (WEB BBE NAS)<a href="/job/12-11.htm">Job 12:11</a> Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth? (BBE)<a href="/job/23-10.htm">Job 23:10</a> For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold. (BBE NIV)<a href="/job/28-27.htm">Job 28:27</a> then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out. (See NIV)<a href="/job/34-3.htm">Job 34:3</a> For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. (BBE)<a href="/job/34-36.htm">Job 34:36</a> May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men. (BBE NIV)<a href="/psalms/7-9.htm">Psalms 7:9</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/12-6.htm">Psalms 12:6</a> The words of the Lord are true words: like silver tested by fire and burned clean seven times. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/17-3.htm">Psalms 17:3</a> Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. (See JPS NAS)<a href="/psalms/18-30.htm">Psalms 18:30</a> As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/26-2.htm">Psalms 26:2</a> Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/66-10.htm">Psalms 66:10</a> For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/78-18.htm">Psalms 78:18</a> Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/78-41.htm">Psalms 78:41</a> Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Psalms 78:56</a> Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies; (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/81-7.htm">Psalms 81:7</a> 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. (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/95-9.htm">Psalms 95:9</a> when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/105-19.htm">Psalms 105:19</a> Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of Jehovah tried him. (See JPS BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/106-14.htm">Psalms 106:14</a> but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. (WEB)<a href="/psalms/119-140.htm">Psalms 119:140</a> Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. (WEB BBE NIV)<a href="/psalms/139-23.htm">Psalms 139:23</a> O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested: (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/10-20.htm">Proverbs 10:20</a> The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/27-21.htm">Proverbs 27:21</a> The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, and a man is measured by what he is praised for. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/proverbs/30-5.htm">Proverbs 30:5</a> Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him. (BBE NAS)<a href="/ecclesiastes/3-18.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:18</a> 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. (See NAS)<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-23.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:23</a> All this I have put to the test by wisdom; I said, I will be wise, but it was far from me. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/25-6.htm">Isaiah 25:6</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Isaiah 28:16</a> For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way. (BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/48-10.htm">Isaiah 48:10</a> See, I have been testing you for myself like silver; I have put you through the fire of trouble. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/daniel/1-14.htm">Daniel 1:14</a> So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the test for ten days. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10</a> 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. (BBE)<a href="/zechariah/13-9.htm">Zechariah 13:9</a> I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say,'It is my people;' and they will say,'Yahweh is my God.'" 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