So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the wa
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the da
If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning Yo
not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me an
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
Behold, these are the wicked—always carefree as they increase their wealth.
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
“How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband
For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his
Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue wit
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my po
where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul—and men praise you when you prosper—
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May y
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. M
On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.