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Want to know what the Bible says about Testing God? Here are 90 Bible verses about Testing God from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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2 Thessalonians 1:4-5 NIV
4 Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
5 All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
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1 Peter 1:6-9 NIV
6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 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. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
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James 1:3 NIV
because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
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Hebrews 1:4 NIV
So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
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Psalm 46:10 NIV
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
    I will be exalted among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”
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Matthew 4:7-10 NIV
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’
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Psalm 106:14 NIV
In the desert they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness they put God to the test.
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Psalm 95:9 NIV
where your ancestors tested me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
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Romans 10:17 NIV
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
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2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
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