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 39:1
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Psalm 39
Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness
To the leader: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will guard my ways
that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will keep a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”(A)
Job 23:10
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10 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.(A)
Psalm 26:2
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2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
test my heart and mind.(A)
Acts 11:23
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23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion,(A)
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1 Peter 1:7
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7 so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.(A)
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Malachi 3:2
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2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;(A)
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Zechariah 13:9
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9 And I will put this third into the fire,
refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(A)
Psalm 139:1
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Psalm 139
The Inescapable God
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me.(A)
Psalm 119:106
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106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to observe your righteous ordinances.(A)
Psalm 66:10
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10 For you, O God, have tested us;
you have tried us as silver is tried.(A)
Psalm 16:7
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7 I bless the Lord, who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.(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)
Acts 18:9-10
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9 One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,(A) 10 for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my people.”(B)
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Acts 16:9
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9 During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”(A)
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Micah 2:1
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Social Evils Denounced
2 Woe to those who devise wickedness
and evil deeds[a] on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in their power.(A)
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- 2.1 Cn: Heb work evil
Hosea 7:6
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6 For they are kindled[a] like an oven; their heart burns within them;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
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- 7.6 Gk Syr: Heb brought near
Jeremiah 50:20
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20 In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought, and there shall be none, and the sins of Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon the remnant that I have spared.(A)
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Proverbs 13:3
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3 Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin.(A)
Psalm 44:17-21
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17 All this has come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten you
or been false to your covenant.(A)
18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way,(B)
19 yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals
and covered us with deep darkness.(C)
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a strange god,(D)
21 would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.(E)
James 3:2
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2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(A)
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- 3.2 Gk a mature man
2 Corinthians 1:12
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The Postponement of Paul’s Visit
12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)
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- 1.12 Other ancient authorities read simplicity
Psalm 7:4
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4 if I have repaid my ally with harm
or plundered my foe without cause,(A)
Job 24:14
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14 The murderer rises at dusk
to kill the poor and needy
and in the night is like a thief.(A)
1 Samuel 26:23
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23 The Lord rewards everyone for his righteousness and his faithfulness, for the Lord gave you into my hand today, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
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