'Motives' in the Bible

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)

I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you.

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)

He commanded them: "Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with honesty, and with pure motives.

So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives.

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.

Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

A psalm by Asaph. Certainly God is good to Israel, and to those whose motives are pure!

I concluded, "Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.

You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.

All a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

All of a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God -- not by human wisdom but by the grace of God -- we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.

If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?