Strong's G3985 πειράζω (peirazo)

And it came to pass after these things that God tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham, Abraham; and he said, Lo! I am here.

And Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, and he cast it into the water, and the water was sweetened: there he established to him ordinances and judgments, and there he proved him,

And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or not.

And the people reviled Moses, saying, Give us water, that we may drink; and Moses said to them, Why do ye revile me, and why tempt ye the Lord?

And he called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not?

And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.

For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not hearkened to my voice,

if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of another nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in thy sight.

ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

And to Levi he said, Give to Levi his manifestations, And his truth to the holy man, Whom they tempted in the temptation; They reviled him at the water of strife.

to prove Israel with them, whether they would keep the way of the Lord, to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no.

And these are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Canaan.

And this was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses.

And Gideon said to God, Let not, I pray thee, thine anger be kindled with me, and I will speak yet once; I will even yet make one trial more with the fleece: let now the drought be upon the fleece only, and let there be dew on all the ground.

And he girded David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking with them once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved them: so they remove them from him.

And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.

And the queen of Sheba heard of the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and she had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.

Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to inquire of him concerning the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; Purify as with fire my reins and my heart.

They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, They gnashed their teeth upon me.

Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, And kept not his testimonies.

Where your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my works.

And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the dry land.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: And, behold, this is also vanity.

All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

And Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

Prove now thy servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water:

And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.

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

And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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.

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?

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

And now who are ye that have tempted God this day, and stand instead of God among the children of men?

Moreover let us give thanks to the Lord our God, which trieth us, even as he did our fathers.

Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother.

And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, to go and cover the dead, thy good deed was not hidden from me: but I was with thee.

Make the attempt, then, O tyrant; and if thou puttest us to death for our religion, think not that thou harmest us by torturing us.

O thou mother, who wast tried at this time with bitterer pangs than those of parturition!

For he will be found of them that tempt him not; And showeth himself unto such as do not distrust him.

Let us see if his words be true: And let us prove what shall happen in the end of him.

Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: And they that are of his side do find it.

And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: For God proved them, And found them worthy for himself.

For when they were tried, albeit but in mercy chastised, They knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, Thirsting in another manner than the just.

But they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, Shall feel a judgment worthy of God.

And that thy people might pass through a wonderful way: But they might find a strange death.

For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, And bring fear and dread upon him, And torment him with her discipline, Until she may trust his soul, And try him by her laws.

Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, And believe not his many words: For with much communication will he tempt thee, And smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets:

Before thou prayest, prepare thyself; And be not as one that tempteth the Lord.

Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? Then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? Or done evil, and hath not done it?

My son, prove thy soul in thy life, And see what is evil for it, And give not that unto it.

He shall serve among great men, And appear before princes: He will travel through strange countries; For he hath tried the good and the evil among men.