Psalm 17:3

Good News Translation

You know my heart. You have come to me at night; you have examined me completely and found no evil desire in me. I speak no evil,

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

And to Solomon he said, “My son, I charge you to acknowledge your father's God and to serve him with an undivided heart and a willing mind. He knows all our thoughts and desires. If you go to him, he will accept you; but if you turn away from him, he will abandon you forever.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know that you test everyone's heart and are pleased with people of integrity. In honesty and sincerity I have willingly given all this to you, and I have seen how your people who are gathered here have been happy to bring offerings to you.

Job 23:10

Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure.

Job 24:14

At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals.

Psalm 11:5

He examines the good and the wicked alike; the lawless he hates with all his heart.

Psalm 119:106

I will keep my solemn promise to obey your just instructions.

Psalm 139:1

Lord, you have examined me and you know me.

Psalm 139:23

Examine me, O God, and know my mind; test me, and discover my thoughts.

Psalm 16:7

I praise the Lord, because he guides me, and in the night my conscience warns me.

Psalm 26:2

Examine me and test me, Lord; judge my desires and thoughts.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will be careful about what I do and will not let my tongue make me sin; I will not say anything while evil people are near.”

Psalm 66:10

You have put us to the test, God; as silver is purified by fire, so you have tested us.

Proverbs 13:3

Be careful what you say and protect your life. A careless talker destroys himself.

Jeremiah 12:3

But, Lord, you know me; you see what I do and how I love you. Drag these evil people away like sheep to be butchered; guard them until it is time for them to be slaughtered.

Jeremiah 50:20

When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Hosea 7:6

Yes, they burned like an oven with their plotting. All night their anger smoldered, and in the morning it burst into flames.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for those who lie awake and plan evil! When morning comes, as soon as they have the chance, they do the evil they planned.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God.”

Malachi 3:2

But who will be able to endure the day when he comes? Who will be able to survive when he appears? He will be like strong soap, like a fire that refines metal.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad and urged them all to be faithful and true to the Lord with all their hearts.

Acts 16:9

That night Paul had a vision in which he saw a Macedonian standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!”

1 Corinthians 4:4

My conscience is clear, but that does not prove that I am really innocent. The Lord is the one who passes judgment on me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

We are proud that our conscience assures us that our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity, by the power of God's grace and not by human wisdom.

James 3:2

All of us often make mistakes. But if a person never makes a mistake in what he says, he is perfect and is also able to control his whole being.

1 Peter 1:7

Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Samuel 24:10

You can see for yourself that just now in the cave the Lord put you in my power. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I felt sorry for you and said that I would not harm you in the least, because you are the one whom the Lord chose to be king.

1 Samuel 24:12

May the Lord judge which one of us is wrong! May he punish you for your action against me, for I will not harm you in the least.

1 Samuel 26:11

The Lord forbid that I should try to harm the one whom the Lord has made king! Let's take his spear and his water jar, and go.”

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards those who are faithful and righteous. Today he put you in my power, but I did not harm you, whom the Lord made king.