Biblical Concept: Test

Findings

Lord, Israel, test, walk in My instruction.

Moses to Israel: “Why do you test the LORD?”

Exodus 20:20 And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you,

and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin."

God re Israel: “put Me to the test these ten times”

Moses to Israel: “that He might test you, to do good for you in the end”

“nations which the LORD left, to test Israel”

Sheba re Solomon: “she came to test him with difficult questions”

Job 12:11 "Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?

“His eyelids test the sons of men.”

“Test my mind and my heart.”

Solomon: “I will test you with pleasure.” But futility.

Jeremiah 17:10 "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to

his ways, According to the results of his deeds.

“Thou who dost test the righteous”

Tribulation test of Israel.

Israel: God’s tool for testing. (Wonder what the angels think of this?)

Jesus to Devil: “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test”

Pharisees to Jesus: “to test Him”

Lawyer tests Jesus.

Peter to Sapphira: “put the Spirit of the Lord to the test”

Peter’s theological warning: “put God to the test”

Judgement Seat of Christ: “fire itself will test the quality of each man's work”

2 Corinthians 2:9 For to this end also I wrote that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in

all things.

Paul to Corinthians: “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith.”

“test the spirits to see whether they are from God”

Revelation 2:2 'I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot endure evil men,

and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be

false;

Revelation 3:10 'Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour

of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the

earth.

“God tested Abraham”

God re Israel: “He tested them”

Israel: “they tested the LORD”

Deuteronomy 6:16 "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

“The word of the LORD is tested”

Psalm 17:3 Thou hast tried my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tested me and dost find

nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. (Cp James 3:2)

Joseph tested.

“a man is tested by the praise accorded him”

“Every word of God is tested”

Ecclesiastes 3:18 I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for

them to see that they are but beasts."

Ecclesiastes 7:23 I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me.

God re Israel: “I have tested you in the furnace of affliction”

Christian Way of Life, testing, diligent.

Testing, deacons, beyond reproach.

Abraham, tested, faith. (Knew God could raise the dead, v.19)

Faith over tested gold.

Suffer, devil, prison, tested, tribulation, faithful, death, crown of life.

“testing you, to know what was in your heart”

Relationship: testing, keep His commandments.

“the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God”

Testing, Israel, obey, commandments, Lord

Israel: The testing by Babylon.

Pharisees and Sadducees test Jesus.

Pharisees divorce test for Jesus.

Pharisees and Herodians test Jesus.

A lawyer tests Jesus.

Pharisees and Herodians tax test for Jesus.

Scribes and Pharisees adultery test for Jesus.

Israel: forty years test God.

James 1:3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Relationship: Testing faith endurance.

1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your

testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;

“the hour of testing”

“to test those who dwell upon the earth”

Job 34:3 "For the ear tests words, As the palate tastes food.

“The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked”

“the LORD tests hearts”

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Test

^NASExodus 16:4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. (Lord, Israel, test, walk in My instruction.)

² Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water that we may drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?" (Moses to Israel: “Why do you test the LORD?”)

^NASExodus 20:20 And Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin." (All)

^NASNumbers 14:22 "Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs, which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, (God re Israel: “put Me to the test these ten times”)

^NASDeuteronomy 6:16 "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah.

^NASDeuteronomy 8:16 "In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. (Moses to Israel: “that He might test you, to do good for you in the end”)

^NASJudges 2:22 in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it as their fathers did, or not."

^NASJudges 3:1 Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan; (“nations which the LORD left, to test Israel”)

^NASJudges 6:39 Then Gideon said to God, "Do not let Thine anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground."

^NASJudges 7:4 Then the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; bring them down to the water and I will test them for you there. Therefore it shall be that he of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."

^NAS1 Kings 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. (Sheba re Solomon: “she came to test him with difficult questions”)

^NAS2 Chronicles 9:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with difficult questions. She had a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices, and a large amount of gold and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was on her heart.

^NAS2 Chronicles 32:31 And even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart.

^NASJob 12:11 "Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food? (All)

^NASPsalm 11:4 The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. (“His eyelids test the sons of men.”)

^NASPsalm 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. (“Test my mind and my heart.”)

^NASPsalm 78:18 And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire.

^NASEcclesiastes 2:1 I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility. (Solomon: “I will test you with pleasure.” But futility.)

^NASIsaiah 7:12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"

^NASJeremiah 17:10 "I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. (All)

^NASJeremiah 20:12 Yet, O LORD of hosts, Thou who dost test the righteous, Who seest the mind and the heart; Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For to Thee I have set forth my cause. (“Thou who dost test the righteous”)

^NASDaniel 1:12 "Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink.

^NASZechariah 13:9 "And I will bring the third part through the fire, 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 my God.'" (Tribulation test of Israel.) (Compare: Romans 11:26 and thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, "The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob.") (Israel: God’s tool for testing.)

^NASMalachi 3:10 "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the LORD of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.

¹⁵ 'So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God and escape.'"

^NASMatthew 4:7 Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" (Jesus to Devil: “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test”)

^NASMark 8:11 And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him. (Pharisees to Jesus: “to test Him”)

^NASLuke 4:12 And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'" (Jesus to Devil: “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test”)

^NASLuke 10:25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" (Lawyer tests Jesus.)

^NASLuke 11:16 And others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

^NASJohn 6:6 And this He was saying to test him; for He Himself knew what He was intending to do.

^NASActs 5:9 Then Peter said to her, "Why is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out as well." (Peter to Sapphira: “put the Spirit of the Lord to the test”)

^NASActs 15:10 "Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? (Peter’s theological warning: “put God to the test”)

^NAS1 Corinthians 3:13 each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it, because it is to be revealed with fire; and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. (Judgement Seat of Christ: “fire itself will test the quality of each man's work”)

^NAS2 Corinthians 2:9 For to this end also I wrote that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. (All)

^NAS2 Corinthians 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you-- unless indeed you fail the test? (Paul to Corinthians: “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith.”)

⁶ But I trust that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test.

^NAS1 John 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (“test the spirits to see whether they are from God”)

^NASRevelation 2:2 'I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot endure evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; (All)

^NASRevelation 3:10 'Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth. (All)

Tested

^NASGenesis 22:1 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." (“God tested Abraham”)

^NASGenesis 42:15 by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

¹⁶ "Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."

^NASExodus 15:25 Then he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them. (God re Israel: “He tested them”)

^NASExodus 17:7 And he named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us, or not?" (Israel: “they tested the LORD”)

^NASDeuteronomy 6:16 "You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. (All)

^NAS1 Samuel 17:39 And David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them." And David took them off.

^NAS2 Samuel 22:31 "As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. (“The word of the LORD is tested”)

^NASPsalm 17:3 Thou hast tried my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tested me and dost find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. (All) (Cp James 3:2)

^NASPsalm 95:9 "When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work.

^NASPsalm 105:19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him. (Joseph tested.)

^NASProverbs 27:21 The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And a man is tested by the praise accorded him. (“a man is tested by the praise accorded him”)

^NASProverbs 30:5 Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. (“Every word of God is tested”)

^NASEcclesiastes 3:18 I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." (All)

^NASEcclesiastes 7:23 I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me. (All)

^NASIsaiah 28:16 Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

^NASIsaiah 48:10 "Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. (God re Israel: “I have tested you in the furnace of affliction”)

^NASDaniel 1:14 So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days.

^NAS2 Corinthians 8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent, because of his great confidence in you. (Christian Way of Life, testing, diligent.)

^NAS1 Timothy 3:10 And let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach. (Testing, deacons, beyond reproach.)

^NASHebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac; and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; (Abraham, tested, faith.) (Knew God could raise the dead, v.19)

^NAS1 Peter 1:7 that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (Faith over tested gold.)

^NASRevelation 2:10 'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Suffer, devil, prison, tested, tribulation, faithful, death, crown of life.)

Testing

^NASDeuteronomy 8:2 "And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. (“testing you, to know what was in your heart”) (Relationship: testing, keep His commandments.)

^NASDeuteronomy 13:3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (“the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God”)

^NASJudges 3:4 And they were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses. (Testing, Israel, obey, commandments, Lord)

^NASEzekiel 21:13 "For there is a testing; and what if even the rod which despises will be no more?" declares the Lord God. (Israel: The testing by Babylon.)

^NASMatthew 16:1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Him asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. (Pharisees and Sadducees test Jesus.)

^NASMatthew 19:3 And some Pharisees came to Him, testing Him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause at all?" (Pharisees divorce test for Jesus.)

^NASMatthew 22:18 But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? (Pharisees and Herodians test Jesus.)

³⁵ And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, (A lawyer tests Jesus.)

^NASMark 10:2 And some Pharisees came up to Him, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

^NASMark 12:15 "Shall we pay, or shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at." (Pharisees and Herodians tax test for Jesus.)

^NASJohn 8:6 And they were saying this, testing Him, in order that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground. (Scribes and Pharisees adultery test for Jesus.)

^NASHebrews 3:9 Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty years. (Israel: forty years test God.)

^NASJames 1:3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. (All) (Relationship: Testing faith endurance.)

^NAS1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; (Not surprise, fiery ordeal, testing, strange thing.)

Tests

^NASJob 34:3 "For the ear tests words, As the palate tastes food. (All)

^NASPsalm 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates. (“The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked”)

^NASProverbs 17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. (“the LORD tests hearts”)

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