38 Bible Verses about motives

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.

let all your things be done in love.

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend it.

Try me, O Jehovah, and prove me, Purified are my reins and my heart.

Of man are arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

but as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the good news, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God, who is proving our hearts,

for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.

Certain, indeed, even through envy and contention, and certain also through good-will, do preach the Christ;

of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare it, because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;

and I beseech you, that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.

for our exhortation is not out of deceit, nor out of uncleanness, nor in guile,

Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.

and the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:

Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

having known, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, and to God we are manifested, and I hope also in your consciences to have been manifested;

ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that is in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

'And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge is Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'

The breath of man is a lamp of Jehovah, Searching all the inner parts of the heart.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,

My shield is on God, Saviour of the upright in heart!

Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

they are zealous for you -- yet not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God is witness!)

'And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is Jehovah seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.

for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.