Lexicon :: Strong's G3985 - peirazō

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

Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds? ”

Perceiving their malicious intent, Jesus said, “Why are you testing me, hypocrites?

And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test him:

He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels were serving him.

The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign from heaven to test him.

Some Pharisees came to test him, asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? ”

But knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius[fn] to look at.”

for forty days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry.

And others, as a test, were demanding of him a sign from heaven.

But detecting their craftiness, he said to them,[fn]

He asked this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do.

They asked this to trap him, in order that they might have evidence to accuse him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with his finger.

Then Peter said to her, “Why did you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

“Now then, why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the disciples’ necks that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear?

When they came to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.

“He even tried to desecrate the temple, and so we apprehended him.[fn]

Do not deprive one another ​— ​except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to[fn] prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Let us not test Christ as some of them did[fn] and were destroyed by snakes.

No temptation has come upon you except what is common to humanity. But God is faithful; he will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to bear it.

Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you? ​— ​unless you fail the test.[fn]

Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit,[fn] watching out for yourselves so that you also won’t be tempted.

For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.

For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

where your ancestors tested me, tried me,

and saw my works

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and yet he was offering his one and only son,

They were stoned,[fn] they were sawed in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, and mistreated.

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone.

“I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

“Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will experience affliction for ten days. Be faithful to the point of death, and I will give you the crown[fn] of life.

“Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is going to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.