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Psalms 139:23–24

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Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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From verse 23

  1. Psalms 26:2Rank 1 from verse 23
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    2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.

  2. 1 Peter 1:7Rank 2 from verse 23
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    7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

  3. Job 31:6Rank 3 from verse 23
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    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

  4. Proverbs 17:3Rank 4 from verse 23
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    3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

  5. Deuteronomy 8:2Rank 5 from verse 23
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    2And 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.

From verse 24

  1. Psalms 143:10Rank 1 from verse 24
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    10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

  2. Jeremiah 17:9–10Rank 2 from verse 24
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    9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    10I 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.

  3. Psalms 25:8–9Rank 3 from verse 24
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    8Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

    9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

  4. Psalms 119:32Rank 4 from verse 24
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    32I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

  5. Psalms 16:11Rank 5 from verse 24
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    11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

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Psalms 139:23

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search

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Sense 1: To seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know. Sense 2: A careful examination or inquiry made to find or know.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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try

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Sense 1: To examine, test, prove, search, or discern. Sense 2: To refine or prove by fire so that quality is made manifest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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thoughts

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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.

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Psalms 139:24

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see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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lead

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Sense 1: A soft, heavy metal. Sense 2: As a verb, to guide, conduct, or go before.

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everlasting

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1. Continuing without end. 2. Extending backward without beginning. 3. Enduring or permanent throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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139:1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

139:3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

139:4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

139:5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

139:7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

139:9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

139:10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

139:12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

139:13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

139:14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

139:15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

139:16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

139:17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

139:18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

139:19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

139:20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

139:21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

139:22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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139:24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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