18 That (A)You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?

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O let (A)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but (B)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God (C)tries the hearts and [a]minds.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:9 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man

The Lord (A)tests the righteous and (B)the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.

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10 For You have (A)tried us, O God;
You have (B)refined us as silver is refined.

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“And I will bring the third part through the (A)fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will (B)call on My name,
And I will (C)answer them;
I will say, ‘They are (D)My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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so that the [a](A)proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which [b]is perishable, (B)even though tested by fire, (C)may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at (D)the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:7 Or genuineness
  2. 1 Peter 1:7 Lit perishes