1 Chronicles 28:9
28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
Deuteronomy 8:2
8:2 Remember the whole way by which he
has brought you these forty years through the desert
so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:1
The Lord’s Provision in the Desert
8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 16:7
16:7 You must cook
and eat it in the place the
Lord your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.
Psalms 7:9
7:9 May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end!
But make the innocent secure,
O righteous God,
you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
Psalms 51:6
51:6 Look, you desire integrity in the inner man;
you want me to possess wisdom.
Proverbs 16:2
16:2 All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.
Proverbs 21:2
21:2 All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.
Jeremiah 17:10
17:10 I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds.
I examine people’s hearts.
I deal with each person according to how he has behaved.
I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
Hebrews 4:12
4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
Revelation 2:23
2:23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers
with a deadly disease,
and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay
each one of you
what your deeds deserve.