Bible Verses About Being Tested
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being tested, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 9,132 votes, led by James 1:2-4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Tested
James 1:2-4475 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
James 1:12347 votes
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.
Proverbs 17:3286 votes
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
1 Peter 4:12-19232 votes
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
1 Corinthians 10:13219 votes
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.
1 Peter 1:7203 votes
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:
Genesis 22:1-24195 votes
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.
Proverbs 3:26185 votes
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Psalms 66:10167 votes
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Isaiah 41:10162 votes
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.
Hebrews 12:4-11155 votes
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Philippians 4:6-7154 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Job 23:10148 votes
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Luke 4:1-13148 votes
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
James 1:3139 votes
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
John 6:6130 votes
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
James 1:2127 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Romans 5:3-4124 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
1 Peter 1:6-7123 votes
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter 5:10117 votes
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.
John 4:24108 votes
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Romans 8:28108 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 5:7107 votes
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
1 Corinthians 2:1-16103 votes
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
2 Corinthians 11:3102 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about being tested?
Readers most often cite James 1:2-4 on the subject of being tested. Across 9,132 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:12, Proverbs 17:3, 1 Peter 4:12-19. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.