Psalm 17:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You were with me all night and looked deep into my heart. You questioned me and found that I did not say or do anything wrong.

Cross References

Psalm 26:2

Look closely at me, Lord, and test me. Judge my deepest thoughts and emotions.

Acts 11:23

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith. When he went to Antioch and saw how God had blessed the believers there, he was very happy. He encouraged them all, saying, “Always be faithful to the Lord. Serve him with all your heart.” Many more people became followers of the Lord.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will be careful about what I say. I will not let my tongue cause me to sin. I will keep my mouth closed when I am around wicked people.”

Job 23:10

But God knows me. He is testing me and will see that I am as pure as gold.

Malachi 3:2

“No one can prepare for that time or stand against him when he comes. He will be like a burning fire. He will be like the strong soap people use to make things clean.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will test those survivors by giving them many troubles. The troubles will be like the fire a person uses to prove silver is pure. I will test them the way a person tests gold. Then they will call to me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Psalm 139:1

Lord, you have tested me, so you know all about me.

Psalm 119:106

Your laws are good and fair. I have promised to obey them, and I will keep my promise.

Psalm 66:10

God, you have tested us, as people test silver with fire.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles test your faith and prove that it is pure. And such faith is worth more than gold. Gold can be proved to be pure by fire, but gold will ruin. When your faith is proven to be pure, the result will be praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ comes.

Micah 2:1

Trouble will come to those who make plans to sin. They lie on their beds making their evil plans. Then when the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do what they want.

Hosea 7:6

The people make their secret plans. Their hearts burn with excitement like an oven. Their excitement burns all night, and in the morning it is like a hot fire.

Jeremiah 50:20

The Lord says, “At that time people will try hard to find Israel’s guilt, but there will be no guilt. People will try to find Judah’s sins, but no sins will be found. That is because I am saving a few survivors from Israel and Judah. And I am forgiving them for all their sins.”

Proverbs 13:3

People who are careful about what they say will save their lives, but those who speak without thinking will be destroyed.

Psalm 16:7

I praise the Lord because he taught me well. Even at night he put his instructions deep inside my mind.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord examines those who are good and those who are wicked; he hates those who enjoy hurting others.

Psalm 7:4

I have done nothing to hurt a friend or to help his enemies.

Job 24:14

A murderer gets up at dawn and kills poor, helpless people. And at night he becomes a thief.

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord pays every man for what he does—he rewards him if he does right, and he punishes him if he does wrong. The Lord gave you to me today, but I wouldn’t harm the Lord’s chosen king.

1 Samuel 24:12

Let the Lord be the judge. I hope the Lord will punish you for the wrong you did to me, but I won’t fight you myself.

Acts 16:9

That night Paul saw a vision. In it, a man from Macedonia came to Paul. The man stood there and begged, “Come across to Macedonia and help us.”

1 Samuel 24:10

You can see that with your own eyes that is not true. The Lord put you within my grasp today in the cave, but I refused to kill you. I was merciful to you. I said, ‘I won’t hurt my master. Saul is the Lord’s chosen king.’

James 3:2

We all make many mistakes. A person who never said anything wrong would be perfect. Someone like that would be able to control their whole body too.

2 Corinthians 1:12

This is what we are proud of, and I can say with a clear conscience that it is true: In everything we have done in the world, we have done it with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even truer in what we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace, not by the kind of wisdom the world has.

1 Corinthians 4:4

I don’t know of any wrong I have done, but that does not make me right. The Lord is the one who must decide if I have done well or not.

1 Samuel 26:11

But I pray that the Lord never lets me hurt the Lord’s chosen king. Now pick up the spear and water jug by Saul’s head and let’s go.”

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve God with a pure heart. Be happy to serve him, because the Lord knows what is in everyone’s heart. He knows what you are thinking. If you go to him for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from him, he will leave you forever.

1 Chronicles 29:17

My God, I know that you test people, and that you are happy when people do what is right. I gladly give you all these things with a pure, honest heart. I see your people gathered here, and I see that they are happy about giving these things to you.

Psalm 139:23

God, examine me and know my mind. Test me and know all my worries.

Jeremiah 12:3

But you know my heart, Lord. You see me and test my mind. Drag the evil people away like sheep to be killed. Choose them for the day of slaughter.