Reference: Reins
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Or KIDNEYS. The Hebrews often make the reins the seat of the affections, and ascribe to them knowledge, joy, pain, pleasure; hence in Scripture it is said that God searches the heart and tries the reins.
Easton
the kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections; used metaphorically for "heart." The "reins" and the "heart" are often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral constitution of man (Ps 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer 17:10, etc.).
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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!
I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
"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."
Fausets
kelayot. The "kidneys"; the supposed seat of the desires and affections (Ps 7:9; 26:2; Jer 11:20; 17:10; Job 19:27). For "the loins" (halatsaim), Isa 11:5.
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whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
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!
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
"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."
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Morish
The kidneys, used symbolically for the inward thoughts and feelings. Ps 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Pr 23:16; Jer 12:2; 17:10; 20:12; La 3:13; Re 2:23. The word translated 'reins' in Isa 11:5 is elsewhere translated 'loins.'
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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!
I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
"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."
O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
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.
Smith
(i.e. kidneys). In the ancient system of physiology the kidneys were believed to be the seat of desire and longing, which accounts for their often being coupled with the heart.
Ps 7:9; 26:2; Jer 11:20; 17:10
, etc.
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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!
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause.
"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."