Quotes About Testing

But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?í declares the Lord GOD.

Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ëThey are My people,í and they will say, ëThe LORD is our God.í”

So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.í”

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

The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.

Jesus replied, “It is also written: ëDo not put the Lord your God to the test.í”

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,

Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, testing Him by demanding from Him a sign from heaven.

Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.