What Does the Bible Say About Examine?

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 19 helpful votes

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!

1 Corinthians 11:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Psalm 26:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Galatians 6:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 John 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Peter 1:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.

1 Corinthians 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

This is my defense to those who would examine me.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...

Luke 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? ...

Matthew 6:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Lamentations 3:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the Lord!

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Psalm 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah

Ezra 10:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of fathers' houses, according to their fathers' houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;

35 Bible Verses about Examine

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 19 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 26:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 6:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Lamentations 3:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezra 10:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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35 Bible Verses about Examine

2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 11:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Psalm 139:23-24 ESV / 19 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 11:28 ESV / 11 helpful votes

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 26:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 6:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 4:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:10-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 6:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 10:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 13:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Lamentations 3:40 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 19:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 4:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezra 10:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes