Matthew 15:23

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep Yahweh’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

Yahweh, you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.

I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

God of my praise, don’t remain silent,

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won’t sin.”

because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

In the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them,

For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.

I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

“As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?

I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.

You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.

to him who led his people through the wilderness; for his loving kindness endures forever:

Let’s swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.

You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

The day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.”

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus.

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

Today Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.

For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,

The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.

The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”

He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.

yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’ ”

where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.

By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son,