Psalms 7:9

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“Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.”

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BSBPD

“Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Let, I pray Thee be ended the evil of the wicked, And establish Thou the righteous, And a trier of hearts and reins is the righteous God.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 7:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 20:5Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
  3. 1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
  4. 1 Kings 8:32then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
  5. 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  6. Psalms 9:5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
  7. Psalms 9:9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
  8. Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
  9. Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
  10. Psalms 11:5The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
  11. Psalms 17:3You 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.
  12. Psalms 18:21For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
  13. Psalms 26:2Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
  14. Psalms 35:23Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
  15. Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
  16. Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  17. Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
  18. Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
  19. Psalms 58:6O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
  20. Psalms 74:10How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
  21. Psalms 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
  22. Psalms 96:10Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
  23. Psalms 96:13before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
  24. Psalms 98:9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

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