Jeremiah 20:12
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12 O Lord of hosts, you test the righteous;
you see the heart and the mind;
let me see your retribution upon them,
for to you I have committed my cause.(A)
Jeremiah 11:20
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20 But you, O Lord of hosts, who judge righteously,
who try the heart and the mind,
let me see your retribution upon them,
for to you I have committed my cause.(A)
Psalm 62:8
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8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us. Selah(A)
Psalm 54:7
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7 For he has delivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has looked in triumph on my enemies.(A)
Jeremiah 17:10
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10 I the Lord test the mind
and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
according to the fruit of their doings.(A)
Psalm 59:10
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10 My God in his steadfast love will meet me;
my God will let me look in triumph on my enemies.(A)
Psalm 139:23
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.(A)
Psalm 26:2-3
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2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
test my heart and mind.(A)
3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
and I walk in faithfulness to you.[a](B)
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- 26.3 Or in your faithfulness
Psalm 7:9
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9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous,
you who test the minds and hearts,
O righteous God.(A)
Jeremiah 18:19-23
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19 Give heed to me, O Lord,
and listen to what my adversaries say!
20 Is evil a recompense for good?
Yet they have dug a pit for my life.
Remember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.(A)
21 Therefore give their children over to famine;
hurl them out to the power of the sword;
let their wives become childless and widowed.
May their men meet death by pestilence,
their youths be slain by the sword in battle.(B)
22 May a cry be heard from their houses
when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to catch me
and laid snares for my feet.(C)
23 Yet you, O Lord, know
all their plotting to kill me.
Do not forgive their iniquity;
do not blot out their sin from your sight.
Let them be tripped up before you;
deal with them while you are angry.(D)
Jeremiah 17:18
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18 Let my persecutors be shamed,
but do not let me be shamed;
let them be dismayed,
but do not let me be dismayed;
bring on them the day of disaster;
destroy them with double destruction!(A)
Isaiah 37:14
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Hezekiah’s Prayer
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord.
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Psalm 17:3
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3 If you try my heart, if you visit me by night,
if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me;
my mouth does not transgress.(A)
Psalm 11:5
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5 The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
and his soul hates the lover of violence.(A)
Revelation 19:2-3
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2 for his judgments are true and just;
he has judged the great whore[a]
who corrupted the earth with her prostitution,
and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”(A)
3 Once more they said,
“Hallelujah!
The smoke goes up from her forever and ever.”(B)
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- 19.2 Or prostitute
Revelation 18:20
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20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints and apostles and prophets! For God has condemned her condemnation of you.(A)
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Revelation 6:10
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10 they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth?”(A)
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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 the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.(A)
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.
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1 Peter 2:23
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23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.(A)
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Jeremiah 12:8
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8 My heritage has become to me
like a lion in the forest;
she has lifted up her voice against me—
therefore I hate her.(A)
Isaiah 38:14
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14 Like a swallow or a crane[a] I clamor;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!(A)
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- 38.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 109:6-20
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6 They say,[a] “Appoint a wicked man against him;
let an accuser stand on his right.(A)
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty;
let his prayer be counted as sin.(B)
8 May his days be few;
may another seize his position.(C)
9 May his children be orphans
and his wife a widow.(D)
10 May his children wander about and beg;
may they be driven out of[b] the ruins they inhabit.
11 May the creditor seize all that he has;
may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil.(E)
12 May there be no one to do him a kindness
nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.(F)
13 May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation.(G)
14 May the iniquity of his father[c] be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.(H)
15 Let them be before the Lord continually,
and may his[d] memory be cut off from the earth.(I)
16 For he did not remember to show kindness
but pursued the poor and needy
and the brokenhearted to their death.(J)
17 He loved to curse; let curses come on him.
He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.(K)
18 He clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
may it soak into his body like water,
like oil into his bones.(L)
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself,
like a belt that he wears every day.”
20 May that be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
of those who speak evil against my life.(M)
Psalm 86:4
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4 Gladden the soul of your servant,
for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.(A)
2 Chronicles 24:22
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22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him but killed his son. As he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”(A)
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