Please let (A)the evil of the wicked come to an end, but (B)establish the righteous;
For the righteous God (C)puts hearts and [a]minds to the test.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:9 Lit kidneys, figurative for inner man

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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The (A)refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But (B)the Lord tests hearts.

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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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20 But, Lord of armies, who (A)judges righteously,
Who (B)puts the [a]feelings and the heart to the test,
Let me see Your vengeance on them,
For to You I have [b]committed my cause.

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  1. Jeremiah 11:20 Lit kidneys
  2. Jeremiah 11:20 Lit rolled

20 But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously(A)
    and test the heart(B) and mind,(C)
let me see your vengeance(D) on them,
    for to you I have committed my cause.

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(A)but just as we have been approved by God to be (B)entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, (C)not intending to please people, but to please God, who [a](D)examines our hearts.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 2:4 Or approves

On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel.(A) We are not trying to please people(B) but God, who tests our hearts.(C)

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