2 May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right. 3 You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth. 4 As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
Psalms 17:2–4
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Psalms of Solomon 2:15–17
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Psalms 7:2–4
2 or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me. 3 O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, 4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Psalms 26:2–4
2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind. 3 For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth. 4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
2 Samuel 22:21–23
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Job 11:3–5
3 Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke? 4 You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’ 5 But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
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