Psalms 139:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.”
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BSBPD
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 139:23 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Job 31:6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
- Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
- Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
- Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- Psalms 139:1O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
- Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Jeremiah 11:20O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
- Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire;I will refine them like silverand test them like gold.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.’”
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- 1 Peter 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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