Psalm 17:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 28:9

“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen thy people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to thee.

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates him that loves violence.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.

Psalm 139:1

O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me!

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

Psalm 16:7

I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.

Psalm 26:2

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

Psalm 39:1

I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will bridle my mouth, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us as silver is tried.

Psalm 7:4

if I have requited my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,

Proverbs 13:3

He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Jeremiah 12:3

But thou, O Lord, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my mind toward thee. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 50:20

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none; and sin in Judah, and none shall be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

Hosea 7:6

For like an oven their hearts burn with intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil upon their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, and 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 my God.’ ”

Malachi 3:2

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 fullers' soap;

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad; and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose;

Acts 16:9

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing beseeching him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God.

James 3:2

For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Samuel 24:10

Lo, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.’

1 Samuel 24:12

May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me upon you; but my hand shall not be against you.

1 Samuel 26:11

The Lord forbid that I should put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed; but take now the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.”

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed.