Being Tested

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: — read the full passage →

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. — read the full passage →

For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, — read the full passage →

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; — read the full passage →

And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: — read the full passage →

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: — read the full passage →

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; — read the full passage →

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: — read the full passage →

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? — read the full passage →

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. — read the full passage →

And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: — read the full passage →

The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. — read the full passage →

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.

And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. — read the full passage →

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.