1 Tawarikh 29:17

29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts ¹  and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives ²  I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you.

Mazmur 26:2

26:2 Examine me, O Lord, and test me!

Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives! ³ 

Mazmur 139:23

139:23 Examine me, and probe my thoughts! ⁴ 

Test me, and know my concerns! ⁵ 

Mazmur 139:1

Psalm 139 ⁶ 

For the music director, a psalm of David.

139:1 O Lord, you examine me ⁷  and know.

1 Petrus 1:7

1:7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, ⁸  which is much more valuable than gold – gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away ⁹  – and will bring praise ¹⁰  and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. ¹¹ 

[29:17]  ¹ tn Heb “a heart.”

[29:17]  ² tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”

[26:2]  ³ tn Heb “evaluate my kidneys and my heart.” The kidneys and heart were viewed as the seat of one’s volition, conscience, and moral character.

[139:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “and know my heart.”

[139:23]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew noun שַׂרְעַפַּי (sar’apay, “concerns”) is used of “worries” in Ps 94:19.

[139:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 139. The psalmist acknowledges that God, who created him, is aware of his every action and thought. He invites God to examine his motives, for he is confident they are pure.

[139:1]  ⁷ tn The statement is understood as generalizing – the psalmist describes what God typically does.

[1:7]  ⁸ tn Or “genuineness,” the result of testing. On the other hand it may denote the process of testing: “that the proving of your faith…may bring praise.”

[1:7]  sn The author is not asserting that the quality of the readers’ faith is in doubt and will be proven by future trials. He declares their faith to be a present reality in v. 5 and 9, so in context v. 8 affirms that their faith is indeed genuine.

[1:7]  ⁹ tn Grk “which is passing away but is tested by fire,” describing gold in a lesser-to-greater comparison with faith’s proven character.

[1:7]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “that the testing of your faith…may be found unto praise,” showing the result of the trials mentioned in v. 6.

[1:7]  ¹¹ tn Grk “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (cf. v. 13).