Bible Verses about “self examination”

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

“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”

“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”

“My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”

“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.”

“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”

“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:”

“For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.”

“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup.”

“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”

“For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.”

“For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.”

“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”

“But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.”

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”

“[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;”

“Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.”

“¶ How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!”

“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”

“¶ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?”

“[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.”

“For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”

“If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].”

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”

“And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

“¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].”

“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.”

“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.”

“Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.”

“Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].”

“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.”

“Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.”

“[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.”

“Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.”

“For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.”

“Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?”

“I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.”

“For every man shall bear his own burden.”

“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.”

“Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.”

“For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.”

“¶ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”

“The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.”

“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”

“Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.”

“Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.”

“For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.”

“Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.”

“Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.”