Luke 9:47

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

For your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.

He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.

then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men)

won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood.

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.

for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.

If you shall say in your heart, “These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.