1 Samuel 17:39

39and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off.

Romans 12:1-2

A Living Sacrifice

1 aI appeal to you therefore, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters
by the mercies of God, cto present your bodies das a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Or your rational service
2 fDo not be conformed to this world,
Greek age
but be transformed by hthe renewal of your mind, that by testing you may idiscern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Or  what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God


Philippians 1:10

10so that you may approve what is excellent, kand so be pure and blameless lfor the day of Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:21

21but mtest everything; hold fast what is good.
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