Verse 17

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
  • Prov 11:20 : 20 ¶ They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, ‹Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!›
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 ¶ For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
  • 1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also], how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
  • Phlm 1:7 : 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 ‹And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.›
  • Phlm 1:20 : 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
  • Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.
  • Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
  • Prov 15:8-9 : 8 ¶ The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight. 9 ¶ The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 ¶ All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
  • Prov 17:3 : 3 ¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
  • Prov 21:2 : 2 ¶ Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
  • 1 Chr 29:9 : 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
  • Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
  • Ps 15:2 : 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.