(A)Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and (B)my mind.[a]

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  1. Psalm 26:2 Hebrew test my kidneys and my heart

Test me,(A) Lord, and try me,
    examine my heart and my mind;(B)

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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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  1. Psalm 7:9 Hebrew the hearts and kidneys

Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—(A)
you, the righteous God(B)
    who probes minds and hearts.(C)

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You have (A)tried my heart, you have (B)visited me by (C)night,
    you have (D)tested me, and you will find nothing;
    I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.

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Though you probe my heart,(A)
    though you examine me at night and test me,(B)
you will find that I have planned no evil;(C)
    my mouth has not transgressed.(D)

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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
    (A)Try me and know my thoughts![a]
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
    and (B)lead me in (C)the way everlasting![b]

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  1. Psalm 139:23 Or cares
  2. Psalm 139:24 Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)

23 Search me,(A) God, and know my heart;(B)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(C) in me,
    and lead me(D) in the way everlasting.

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(A)Does not he see my ways
    and (B)number all my steps?

“If I have walked with falsehood
    and my foot has hastened to deceit;
(Let me be (C)weighed in a just balance,
    and let God know my integrity!)

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Does he not see my ways(A)
    and count my every step?(B)

“If I have walked with falsehood
    or my foot has hurried after deceit(C)
let God weigh me(D) in honest scales(E)
    and he will know that I am blameless(F)

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23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
    (A)Make me know my transgression and my sin.

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23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(A)
    Show me my offense and my sin.(B)

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And (A)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
(B)They will call upon my name,
    and (C)I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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12 O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous,
    (A)who sees the heart and the mind,[a]
let me see your vengeance upon them,
    for to you have I committed my cause.

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  1. Jeremiah 20:12 Hebrew kidneys

12 Lord Almighty, you who examine the righteous
    and probe the heart and mind,(A)
let me see your vengeance(B) on them,
    for to you I have committed(C) my cause.

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10 For you, O God, have (A)tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.

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10 For you, God, tested(A) us;
    you refined us like silver.(B)

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