What Does the Bible Say About Testing?

James 1:3

“Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”

1 Peter 1:7

“These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

Romans 5:3-4

“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.”

1 Corinthians 10:13

“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”

Psalm 26:2

“Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;”

Proverbs 17:3

“The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.”

Zechariah 13:9

“This third I will put into 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, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.'”