1 Chronicles 29:17
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17 I know, my God, (A)that you test the heart and (B)have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
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Jeremiah 17:10
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10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
(B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
Proverbs 11:20
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20 Those of (A)crooked heart are (B)an abomination to the Lord,
but those of (C)blameless ways are (D)his delight.
1 Chronicles 28:9
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David's Charge to Solomon
9 “And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a (A)whole heart and with a willing mind, (B)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. (C)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
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Philemon 7
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7 For I have derived much joy and (A)comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints (B)have been refreshed through you.
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1 Thessalonians 2:10
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10 You are witnesses, and (A)God also, (B)how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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Paul's Change of Plans
12 For our boast is this, (A)the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and (B)godly sincerity, (C)not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:12 Some manuscripts holiness
John 1:47
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47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, (A)an Israelite indeed, (B)in whom there is no deceit!”
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Psalm 51:6
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6 Behold, you delight in truth in (A)the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, (B)but the Lord looks on the heart.”
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Philemon 20
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20 Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. (A)Refresh my heart in Christ.
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Acts 24:16
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16 So I always (A)take pains to have a (B)clear conscience toward both God and man.
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Proverbs 16:2
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- Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits
Proverbs 15:8-9
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.
9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but he loves him (C)who pursues righteousness.
Psalm 15:2
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Psalm 7:9
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9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
and may you establish the righteous—
you who (A)test (B)the minds and hearts,[a]
O righteous God!
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- Psalm 7:9 Hebrew the hearts and kidneys
1 Chronicles 29:9
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9 Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a (A)whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.
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Deuteronomy 8:2
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2 And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you (A)these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, (B)testing you (C)to know what was in your heart, (D)whether you would keep his commandments or not.
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Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (A)who searches mind and heart, and (B)I will give to each of you according to your works.
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Proverbs 21:2
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Proverbs 17:3
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