1 Chronicles 29:17

David Prays In The Assembly

¹⁶ O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, is out of Thy hand, and of Thee is the whole. ¹⁷ '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. ¹⁸ 'O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;

Test the Heart

Triest The Heart

1 Chronicles 28:9

'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.

1 Samuel 16:7

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.'

Proverbs 11:20

An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

Jeremiah 17:10

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.

Deuteronomy 8:2

and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

1 Chronicles 29:9

And the people rejoice because of their offering willingly, for with a perfect heart they have offered willingly to Jehovah; and also David the king hath rejoiced -- great joy.

Psalm 7:9

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.

Psalm 15:2

He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth in his heart.

Psalm 51:6

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

Proverbs 15:8-9

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 16:2

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

Proverbs 17:3

A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts is Jehovah.

Proverbs 21:2

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

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, 'Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

Acts 24:16

and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For our glorying is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we did conduct ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you;

1 Thessalonians 2:10

ye are witnesses -- God also -- how kindly and righteously, and blamelessly to you who believe we became,

Hebrews 4:12

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

Revelation 2:23

and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.