I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
“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 forever.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.
So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him. The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.
And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.
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