17 I know, my God, that you test the heart(A) and that you are pleased with what is right.(B) I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present[a] here giving joyfully and[b] willingly to you.

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  1. 29:17 Lit found
  2. 29:17 Or now with joy I’ve seen your people who are present here giving

17 I know, my God, that you test the heart(A) and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.(B)

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Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,(A)
but establish the righteous.(B)
The one who examines the thoughts and emotions[a]
is a righteous God.(C)

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  1. 7:9 Lit examines hearts and kidneys

Bring to an end the violence of the wicked
    and make the righteous secure—(A)
you, the righteous God(B)
    who probes minds and hearts.(C)

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A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,(A)
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.(B)

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but the Lord tests the heart.(B)

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