Psalm 139:23 {138:23}
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Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

search me

Psalm 139:1 Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

Psalm 26:2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

know

Deuteronomy 8:2,16 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no. . . .

Job 31:6 Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Proverbs 17:3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Malachi 3:2,3 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb: . . .

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
22I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. 23Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.24And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.…
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 2:4
But as we were approved by God that the gospel should be committed to us: even so we speak, not as pleasing men but God, who proveth our hearts.

Job 31:6
Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Psalm 7:9
The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just

Psalm 19:12
Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord:

Psalm 26:2
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

Psalm 139:22
I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.

Proverbs 17:3
As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Jeremiah 11:20
But thou, O Lord of Sabaoth, who judgest justly, and triest the reins and the hearts, let me see thy revenge on them: for to thee have I revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 17:10
I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Jeremiah 20:12
And thou, O Lord of hosts, prover of the just, who seest the reins and the heart: let me see, I beseech thee, thy vengeance on them: for to thee I have laid open my cause.

Lamentations 3:40
Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

Lexicon
Search me,
חָקְרֵ֣נִי (ḥā·qə·rê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately

O God,
אֵ֭ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

and know
וְדַ֣ע (wə·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

my heart;
לְבָבִ֑י (lə·ḇā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

test
בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי (bə·ḥā·nê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 974: To test, to investigate

me and know
וְדַ֣ע (wə·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

my concerns.
שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃ (śar·‘ap·pāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8312: Disquieting thoughts


Additional Translations
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

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

Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;

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

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

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

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

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