Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.

You have tested my heart; You have visited [me] in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known [me.]

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;

And see if [there is any] wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."

I will bring the [one-third] through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, 'This [is] My people'; And each one will say, 'The LORD [is] my God.' "

He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness.

Blessed [is] the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

that the genuineness of your faith, [being] much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;

For You [are] not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, Nor shall evil dwell with You.

The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all workers of iniquity.

For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire; He blesses the greedy [and] renounces the LORD.

Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will find those who hate You.

These six [things] the LORD hates, Yes, seven [are] an abomination to Him:

A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,

My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it.

I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.