Self Examination is a Biblical Mandate

The psalmist, for instance, counsels us to look deeply within – to “search [our] hearts” (Psalm 4:4), and Solomon offers the proverbial guidance: “the wisdom of the prudent is to give careful thought to their ways” (Proverbs 14:8). The New Testament speaks even more plainly to the issue in passages like 1 Corinthians 11:28 (“A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup”), 2 Corinthians 13:5 (“Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.”) or Galatians 6:4 (“Each one should test his own actions”).

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