diff --git a/testing/all.test b/testing/all.test
index 67d07870a..72da94c65 100755
--- a/testing/all.test
+++ b/testing/all.test
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ source $testdir/cmdlineshell.test
 source $testdir/agg-functions.test
 source $testdir/coalesce.test
 source $testdir/join.test
-source $testdir/pragma.test
-source $testdir/select.test
-source $testdir/where.test
-source $testdir/like.test
-source $testdir/scalar-functions.test
-source $testdir/orderby.test
+source $testdir/insert.test
+source $testdir/join.test
 source $testdir/json.test
+source $testdir/like.test
+source $testdir/orderby.test
+source $testdir/pragma.test
+source $testdir/scalar-functions.test
+source $testdir/select.test
+source $testdir/where.test
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diff --git a/testing/insert.test b/testing/insert.test
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5a4967e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/insert.test
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env tclsh
+
+set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
+source $testdir/tester.tcl
+
+do_execsql_check_err_msg insert-1.1 {
+  INSERT INTO test1 VALUES(1,2,3);
+} {Error: in prepare, no such table: test1}
+
+do_execsql_with_cleanup_test insert-1.2 {
+  CREATE TABLE test1(one int, two int, three int);
+  INSERT INTO test1 VALUES(1, 2, 3);
+  SELECT * FROM test1;
+} {1|2|3} {
+  DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test1;
+}
+
diff --git a/testing/tester.tcl b/testing/tester.tcl
index 5a9eaab30..d8a715c8f 100644
--- a/testing/tester.tcl
+++ b/testing/tester.tcl
@@ -16,9 +16,45 @@ proc run_test {sqlite_exec sql expected_output} {
     }
 }
 
+proc run_failing_test {sqlite_exec sql expected_err_msg} {
+    set actual_output [catch {set actual_output [evaluate_sql $sqlite_exec $sql]} err_msg]
+    if {$err_msg ne $expected_err_msg} {
+        puts "Test FAILED: '$sql'"
+        puts "returned '$err_msg'"
+        puts "expected '$expected_err_msg'"
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
+
+proc run_test_with_cleanup {sqlite_exec sql expected_output cleanup_sql} {
+    set actual_output [evaluate_sql $sqlite_exec $sql]
+    if {$actual_output ne $expected_output} {
+        puts "Test FAILED: '$sql'"
+        puts "returned '$actual_output'"
+        puts "expected '$expected_output'"
+        evaluate_sql $sqlite_exec $cleanup_sql
+        exit 1
+    }
+    evaluate_sql $sqlite_exec $cleanup_sql
+}
+
 proc do_execsql_test {test_name sql_statements expected_outputs} {
     puts "Running test: $test_name"
     set combined_sql [string trim $sql_statements]
     set combined_expected_output [join $expected_outputs "\n"]
     run_test $::sqlite_exec $combined_sql $combined_expected_output
 }
+
+proc do_execsql_check_err_msg {test_name sql_statements expected_err_msg} {
+    puts "Running test: $test_name"
+    set combined_sql [string trim $sql_statements]
+    run_failing_test $::sqlite_exec $combined_sql $expected_err_msg
+}
+
+proc do_execsql_with_cleanup_test {test_name sql_statements expected_outputs cleanup_statements} {
+    puts "Running test: $test_name"
+    set combined_sql [string trim $sql_statements]
+    set combined_expected_output [join $expected_outputs "\n"]
+    set combined_cleanup [string trim $cleanup_statements]
+    run_test_with_cleanup $::sqlite_exec $combined_sql $combined_expected_output $combined_cleanup
+}
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