Psalms 26:2

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

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

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

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘My God!’ ”

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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

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.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

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—

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.”

But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

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 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.

“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.

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.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

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.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

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.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us.

“You shall be my people, and I will be your God.

“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;

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

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it,

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people.

Yahweh’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.

I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.

For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.

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

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

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

The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?

“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.”

“But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,

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.

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

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,

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

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.

Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.

I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.

Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

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.

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.’ ”

But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.