Psalm 17:3

God's Word

You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, learn to know your father’s God. Serve the Lord wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought ⌞we have⌟. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. But if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you examine hearts and delight in honesty. With an honest heart I have willingly offered all these things. I’ve been overjoyed to see your people here offering so willingly to you.

Job 23:10

⌞I can’t find him⌟ because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.

Job 24:14

At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests righteous people, but he hates wicked people and the ones who love violence.

Psalm 119:106

I took an oath, and I will keep it. I took an oath to follow your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.

Psalm 139:1

O Lord, you have examined me, and you know me.

Psalm 139:23

Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts.

Psalm 16:7

I will praise the Lord, who advises me. My conscience warns me at night.

Psalm 26:2

Examine me, O Lord, and test me. Look closely into my heart and mind.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will watch my ways so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will bridle my mouth while wicked people are in my presence.”

Psalm 66:10

You have tested us, O God. You have refined us in the same way silver is refined.

Psalm 7:4

if I have paid back my friend with evil or rescued someone who has no reason to attack me—

Proverbs 13:3

Whoever controls his mouth protects his own life. Whoever has a big mouth comes to ruin.

Jeremiah 12:3

You know me, O Lord. You see me and test my devotion to you. Drag them away like sheep to be slaughtered. Prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 50:20

In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “people will look for Israel’s crimes, but they will find none. They will look for Judah’s sins, but none will be found. I will forgive the faithful few whom I have spared.

Hosea 7:6

They become hot like an oven while they lie in ambush. All night long their anger smolders, but in the morning it burns like a raging fire.

Micah 2:1

How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Malachi 3:2

But who will be able to endure the day he comes? Who will be able to survive on the day he appears? He is like a purifying fire and like a cleansing soap.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived there, he was pleased to see what God had done for them out of kindness. So he encouraged all the people to remain solidly committed to the Lord.

Acts 16:9

During the night Paul had a vision of a man from Macedonia. The man urged Paul, “Come to Macedonia to help us.”

1 Corinthians 4:4

I have a clear conscience, but that doesn’t mean I have God’s approval. It is the Lord who cross-examines me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

We are proud that our conscience is clear. We are proud of the way that we have lived in this world. We have lived with a God-given holiness  and sincerity, especially toward you. It was not by human wisdom that we have lived but by God’s kindness.

James 3:2

All of us make a lot of mistakes. If someone doesn’t make any mistakes when he speaks, he would be perfect. He would be able to control everything he does.

1 Peter 1:7

The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ appears again.

1 Samuel 24:10

Today you saw how the Lord handed you over to me in the cave. Although I was told to kill you, I spared you, saying, ‘I will not raise my hand against Your Majesty because you are the Lord’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 24:12

May the Lord decide between you and me. May the Lord take revenge on you for what you did to me. However, I will not lay a hand on you.

1 Samuel 26:11

It would be unthinkable for me to attack the Lord’s anointed king. But please take that spear near his head and that jar of water, and let’s go.”

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord will reward any person who is righteous and faithful. The Lord handed you over to me today, but I refused to attack the Lord’s anointed king.