Self-Examination
17 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
9 sections
Advantages of
- 1 Corinthians 11:31 Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
- Galatians 6:4 Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
- 1 John 3:20–22 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. …
Cause of Difficulty In
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Enjoined
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you fail the test?
General Scriptures Concerning
- Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
- Psalm 4:4 Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Psalm 19:12 Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
- Psalm 26:2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- Psalm 77:6 At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
- Psalm 119:59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
- Psalm 139:23–24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. …
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
- Haggai 1:7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
- Matthew 26:22 They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
- Mark 14:19 They began to be grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?”
- 1 Corinthians 11:27–28 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. …
- 1 Corinthians 11:31 Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you fail the test?
- Galatians 6:3–5 If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. …
Necessary Before the Communion
- 1 Corinthians 11:28 Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
should be Engaged in with Diligent Search
- Psalm 77:6 At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
- Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
should be Engaged in with Holy Awe
- Psalm 4:4 Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
should be Engaged in with Prayer for Divine Searching
- Psalm 26:2 Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
- Psalm 139:23–24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. …
should be Engaged in with Purpose of Amendment
- Psalm 119:59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
- Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.