| Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord! | Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord. |
| But test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. | But test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil. |
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| Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. | Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
| Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! | Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
| Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. | “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” |
| Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. | Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. |
| The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.” | The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” |
| You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. | You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. |
| For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. | For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver. |
| But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. | But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. |
| Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. | Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. |
| Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me. | Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. |
| Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. | Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. |
| I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. |
| As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. | Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. |
| Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. | Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me. |
| And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. | Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. |
| If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. | Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. |
| Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. | Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. |
| You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah | You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. |
| Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. | Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. |
| If you love me, you will keep my commandments. | If you love me, keep my commands. |
| You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. | You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great. You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way. |
| In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! | In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. |
| Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. | When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. |
