Jeremiah 20:12
But the LORD of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.
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2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May the LORD look at it, and repay it.”
Psalms 11:5The LORD examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.
Psalms 26:2Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.
Psalms 59:10My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
Psalms 86:4Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:8-14
The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. ( b. c. 600.) 7 O Lord , thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. 8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing,… Read the whole commentary →