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 wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my heart and my mind.
For you have formed my inward parts: you have covered me in my mother's womb.
I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
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; though my heart be consumed within me.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my heart and my mind.
And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause.
I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Hastings
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 wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my heart and my mind.
For you have formed my inward parts: you have covered me in my mother's womb.
Yea, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
And righteousness shall be the belt of his loins, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.
You have planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I opened my cause.
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts: and I will give unto every one 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 wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my heart and my mind.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause.
I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.