Psalms 17:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

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  • Job 23:10 : 10 For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
  • Ps 16:7 : 7 I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:
  • Ps 139:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
  • Jer 50:20 : 20 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, when the evil-doing of Israel is looked for, there will be nothing; and in Judah no sins will be seen: for I will have forgiveness for those whom I will keep safe.
  • Hos 7:6 : 6 For they have made their hearts ready like an oven, while they are waiting secretly; their wrath is sleeping all night; in the morning it is burning like a flaming fire.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.
  • Ps 44:17-21 : 17 All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word. 18 Our hearts have not gone back, and our steps have not been turned out of your way; 19 Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade. 20 If the name of our God has gone out of our minds, or if our hands have been stretched out to a strange god, 21 Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.
  • Job 24:14 : 14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 And David said to Saul, Why do you give any attention to those who say that it is my desire to do you wrong?
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.
  • 1 Sam 26:11 : 11 Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.
  • 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.
  • Acts 16:9 : 9 And Paul had a vision in the night; a man of Macedonia came, requesting him, and saying, Come over into Macedonia and give us help.
  • Acts 18:9-9 : 9 And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching: 10 For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

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