Bible Verses About Testing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for testing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,565 votes, led by 1 John 4:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Testing
1 John 4:1374 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
James 1:3254 votes
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Romans 12:2237 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
James 1:2203 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
James 1:12191 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.
Malachi 3:10188 votes
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.
1 Peter 1:7187 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:
James 1:2-3174 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
James 1:2-4173 votes
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Hebrews 11:6172 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 13:5166 votes
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?
1 Corinthians 10:13162 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.
Deuteronomy 6:16153 votes
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Job 23:10153 votes
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Romans 8:28152 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.
1 Peter 1:6150 votes
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
John 3:16-17140 votes
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.
1 Thessalonians 5:21138 votes
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Hebrews 11:1135 votes
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 Corinthians 5:7129 votes
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Philippians 4:6125 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Psalms 66:10121 votes
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Romans 5:3-4114 votes
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
Proverbs 17:3107 votes
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
1 Peter 1:6-7105 votes
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
What does the Bible say about testing?
Readers most often cite 1 John 4:1 on the subject of testing. Across 10,565 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 1:3, Romans 12:2, James 1:2. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.