18 Bible Verses about Examining Yourself

How many are mine iniquities and sins? My transgression and my sin, let me know!

Be deeply moved, but do not sin, - Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. Selah.

When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day; For, day and night, heavy upon me, was thy hand, - Changed was my life-sap into the drought of summer. Selah. My sin, would I own unto thee, and, mine iniquity, not hide, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Yahweh, And, thou, didst forgive the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

I remember my song in the night, - With my own heart, I commune, And my spirit, maketh search: -

I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Surely after my return, I was filled with regret, And after I came to know myself, I smote upon the thigh, - I turned pale and was even confounded For I had borne the reproach of my youthful days.

Let us search out our ways, and examine them well, and let us return unto Yahweh;

But when a lawless man turneth away from his lawlessness which he hath done, And hath done justice and righteousness He, shall save his own soul, alive: When he considered, then he turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, He shall surely live. He shall not die.

Now, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, - Apply your heart unto your own experience - Ye have sown much, but have brought in little, have eaten, and not been filled, have drunk, and not been satisfied with drink, have clothed you, and none hath been warm, - and, he that hath hired himself out, hath put his wages into a bag with holes. Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, - Apply your heart to your own experience:

But coming, to himself, he said - How many hired servants of my father, have bread enough and to spare, whereas, I, with famine, here, am perishing! I will arise, and go unto my father, and will say unto him - Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine, - Make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came unto his own father.read more.
Now, while yet he was holding afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and, running, fell upon his neck, and tenderly kissed him. And the son said unto him - Father! I have sinned against heaven, and before thee: No longer, am I worthy to be called a son of thine, - make me as one of thy hired servants. But the father said unto his servants - Quick! bring forth a robe - the best! and put on him, and get out a ring for his hand, and sandals for his feet. And be bringing the fatted calf, sacrifice! and let us eat and make merry: Because, this my son, was, dead, and hath come to life again, was lost, and is found. And they began to be making merry.

So that, whosoever may be eating the loaf, or drinking the cup of the Lord, in an unworthy manner, shall be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man be proving himself, - and, so, of the loaf, let him eat, and, of the cup, let him drink; For, he that is eating and drinking, - judgment unto himself, doth eat and drink, - if he be not setting apart the body.read more.
For this cause, many among you are weak and sickly; and, not a few, are falling asleep. If, however, we had been setting, ourselves, apart, we had not, in that case, been coming under judgment;

Since, a test, ye are seeking, of the speaking in me of Christ; - who, unto you, is not weak, but is powerful in you, - For, although he was crucified through weakness, yet is he living through God's power, - for, although, we, are weak in him, yet shall we live with him, through God's power unto us- Be trying, yourselves, whether ye are in the faith, be putting, yourselves, to the test! Or do ye not recognise yourselves, seeing that, Jesus Christ, is in you, - unless perhaps ye fail in the testing.

But, his own work, let each one be putting to the proof, and, then, for himself alone, the matter of boasting, shall he have, and not for some other,

If we are confessing our sins, faithful, is he and, righteous - that he should forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Because, if our own heart condemn us, greater, is God, than our heart, and perceiveth all things. Beloved! if our heart be not condemning us, boldness, have we, towards God;

Hypocrite! cast first, out of thine own eye, the beam, - and, then, shalt thou see clearly to cast the mote, out of the eye of thy brother.

But let a man be proving himself, - and, so, of the loaf, let him eat, and, of the cup, let him drink;

Be trying, yourselves, whether ye are in the faith, be putting, yourselves, to the test! Or do ye not recognise yourselves, seeing that, Jesus Christ, is in you, - unless perhaps ye fail in the testing.