Who is it you have insulted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? It is against the Holy One of Israel!

The king spoke: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?

You have said terrible things about me, said Jehovah of Hosts. Yet you ask: 'What have we said about you?'

They execute judgment upon all. They convict all the ungodly of all their wicked behavior, deeds that they have committed in an irreverent way, and of all the hard things those detestable sinners have spoken against him.

A god

hear their prayer. Listen to them in your home in heaven, help them and forgive them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each person, as he deserves,

would God not find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts?

They say: Jehovah does not see it. The God of Jacob does not even pay attention to it.

Our Lord is great, and his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding.

I, Jehovah, search the heart and examine the mind (inner man). I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

The Word of God is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48)

I will kill her children with deadly plague. Then all the congregations will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.

By him

let God weigh me on honest scales and he will know that I am blameless.

The path of the righteous is level. O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.

TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

General references

He said: If they have come out for peace, take them alive and if they have come out for war, take them alive.