Psalm 139:23 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.”

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

Geneva Bible 1599

Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,

Darby Translation

Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

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Cross references

“Search me”

Psalm 26:2 Psalm 139:1

Psalm 26:2 · BSB

Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.

Psalm 139:1 · BSB

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

“know”

Job 31:6 1 Peter 1:7 Proverbs 17:3 Deuteronomy 8:2 Zechariah 13:9 Deuteronomy 8:16

Job 31:6 · BSB

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

1 Peter 1:7 · BSB

so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 17:3 · BSB

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Deuteronomy 8:2 · BSB

Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Zechariah 13:9 · BSB

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our G…

Deuteronomy 8:16 · BSB

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Also

Jeremiah 11:20

Jeremiah 11:20 · BSB

O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.

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