Being Tested

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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—

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

for Yahweh will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from being taken.

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin; — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come out like gold.

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

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

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

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →

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

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

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.

Concerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, — read the full passage →

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

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.’”

By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son; — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’”

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire 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 has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.” — read the full passage →

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”

how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.

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.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

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.

whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, — read the full passage →

Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

Then Yahweh said 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 may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. — read the full passage →

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

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

and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively. — read the full passage →

The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope:

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

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

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.