Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed; and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted thy eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

To execute judgment upon all, and to convict all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have impiously committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

A god

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

Will not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

Yet they say, The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

By him

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

General references

And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.