Psalms 17:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Thou hast proued myne heart, thou hast visited it in the nyght season: thou hast tryed me, and founde no wickednesse, for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth.

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  • Job 23:10 : 10 But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth.
  • Ps 26:2 : 2 Examine me O God and proue me: trye out my reynes and my heart.
  • Ps 39:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.
  • Ps 66:10 : 10 For thou O Lord hast proued vs: thou hast tryed vs, like as siluer is tryed.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire, & wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed, yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed: then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them, I wyll say it is my people, and they shall say, Lorde my God.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth, though it be tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,
  • Ps 16:7 : 7 I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle: my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season.
  • Mal 3:2 : 2 But who may abyde the day of his comming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is lyke a purging fire, and lyke fullers sope.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Which when he came, and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde.
  • Ps 139:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. O God thou hast searched me to the quicke: and thou hast knowen me.
  • Prov 13:3 : 3 He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.
  • Jer 50:20 : 20 In those dayes and at the same tyme saith the Lorde, yf the offence of Israel be sought for, there shal none be founde, yf men enquire for the sinne of Iuda, there shalbe none: for I wyll be mercifull vnto them whom I suffer to remayne.
  • Hos 7:6 : 6 For whyles they lye in wayte, they haue made redye their heart lyke an ouen, their baker sleepeth all night, in the morning it burneth as a flambe of fire.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Wo vnto them that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it, because their hande hath power.
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I haue made an oth (which I wil ratifie) for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes.
  • Ps 44:17-21 : 17 And though all this be come vpon vs: yet we do not forget thee, nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt. 18 Our heart is not turned backe, neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes: 19 no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadowe of death. 20 If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde, and holden vp our handes to any straunge god: 21 woulde not God searche it out? for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart.
  • Job 24:14 : 14 The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe?
  • Ps 7:4 : 4 If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me: and if I haue not deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie?
  • Ps 11:5 : 5 God wyll trye the righteous: but his soule abhorreth the vngodly, and hym that delighteth in wickednes.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Behold, this day thyne eyes haue seene howe that the Lord hath deliuered thee this day into myne hande in the caue: And some bad me kill thee, but I had compassion on thee, and sayd: I will not lay myne handes on my maister, for he is the Lordes annoynted.
  • 1 Sam 24:12 : 12 The Lorde be iudge betweene thee and me, & the Lorde auenge me of thee: but myne hande be not vpon thee.
  • 1 Sam 26:11 : 11 The Lorde kepe me from laying myne hand vpon the Lordes annoynted: But I praye thee take thou nowe the speare that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let vs go.
  • 1 Sam 26:23 : 23 The Lorde rewarde euery man according to his righteousnes, and faythfulnesse: For the Lorde deliuered thee into my hand this day, but I would not lay mine hand vpon the Lordes annoynted.
  • Acts 16:9 : 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the nyght: There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed hym, saying: Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs.
  • Acts 18:9-9 : 9 Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght by a vision: Be not afrayde, but speake, and holde not thy peace: 10 For I am with thee, and no man shal inuade thee to hurt thee. For I haue much people in this citie.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.

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  • Ps 26:1-3
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    1 Of Dauid. Iudge thou me O God, for I haue walked in my perfection: my trust also hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall.

    2 Examine me O God and proue me: trye out my reynes and my heart.

    3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes: and I wyll walke in thy trueth.

  • 23 Searche me to the quicke O Lorde, and knowe thou myne heart: proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes.

  • Ps 17:4-5
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    4 As touchyng other mens workes: through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent.

    5 O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes: that my footesteppes slyp not.

  • 3 But thou Lorde to whom I am well knowen, thou that hast sene and proued my heart, take them away, like as a flocke is caryed to the slaughter house, & appoynt them for the day of slaughter.

  • Ps 139:1-5
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    1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. O God thou hast searched me to the quicke: and thou hast knowen me.

    2 Thou knowest my downe sitting & myne vprising: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be.

    3 Thou compassest about my path, and my iourney into all coastes: and thou vsest all my wayes.

    4 For there is not a word in my tongue: but beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether.

    5 Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before: and layde thyne hande vpon me.

  • 3 As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

  • 16 Wheras I neuerthelesse obediently folowed thee as a sheephearde, & haue not vncalled taken this office vpon me, this knowest thou well: my wordes also were ryght before thee.

  • 18 Thou visitest him early and euery day, euery moment doest thou trie him.

  • 10 For thou O Lord hast proued vs: thou hast tryed vs, like as siluer is tryed.

  • Ps 141:3-4
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    3 Set a watch O God before my mouth: and kepe the doore of my lippes.

    4 Inclyne not myne heart to any euyll thyng, wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.

  • 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face: and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    10 I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.

    11 I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.

  • Job 10:6-7
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    6 That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes, and searchest out my sinne?

    7 Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande.

  • 6 I called to remembraunce my psalme, song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme: I communed with myne owne heart, & searched out my spirites.

  • 10 Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the heart, & trye the raynes, and rewarde euery man accordyng to his wayes, and accordyng to the fruite of his workes.

  • 12 And nowe O Lorde of hoastes that triest the righteous, which knowest the raynes and the very heartes, let me see them punished: for vnto thee I haue declared my cause.

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    9 My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.

  • 13 Thou hast hyd these thinges in thyne heart yet I am sure that thou remembrest this thing.

  • Job 33:8-9
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    8 Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes:

    9 I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.

  • Job 23:10-11
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    10 But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth.

    11 My foote doth kepe his path, his hie way haue I holden, and will not go out of it.

  • 6 Neuerthelesse, lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes of me: & therfore thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete part of myne heart.

  • 27 Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?

  • 3 My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome.

  • 4 For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

  • 1 To the chiefe musition Ieduthun, a psalme of Dauid. I sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes, that I offende not in my tongue: I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell, whylest the vngodly is in my syght.

  • 7 I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle: my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season.

  • 17 Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my handes, but my prayer is cleane.

  • 30 I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

  • 13 Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous sinnes let them not raigne ouer me: so I shall be perfect & voyde from all haynous offence.

  • 9 Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from my sinne?

  • 16 For now thou numbrest all my goinges, and geuest no delay vnto my sinne.

  • 4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie, and my tongue shall speake no disceite.

  • 21 Because I had kept the wayes of God: and had not wickedly shronke from my God.

  • 20 Therfore I wyll beseche thee nowe (O Lorde of hoastes) thou righteous iudge, thou that tryest the raynes and the heartes, let me see thee auenged of them: for vnto thee haue I committed my cause.

  • 13 Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne: and wasshed my handes in innocencie.

  • 3 My misdeedes haue preuayled against me: oh be thou mercifull vnto our wicked transgressions.

  • 21 Ueryly thus was my heart inflamed: thus was my reynes pricked.

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    3 O God my Lord, if I haue done any such thing: or if there be any wickednesse in my handes.