If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.

If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.

I will kill her children with the plague. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.

and faithful love belongs to You, Lord.
For You repay each according to his works.

He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.

The Lord will protect your coming and going
both now and forever.

He will repay each one according to his works:

The Lord brings death and gives life;
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.

“When someone pursues you and attempts to take your life, my lord’s life will be tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living. However, He will fling away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.

Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.

You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.

wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?

He keeps us alive
and does not allow our feet to slip.

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.

I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.

the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men in order to give to each person according to his ways and the result of his deeds.

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done.

For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:

“The Son of God, the One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze, says:

I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.

“Look! I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to repay each person according to what he has done.

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Summary

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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Doth not he that

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,
and He considers all his paths.
All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but the Lord sees the heart.”
Let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
but establish the righteous.
The One who examines the thoughts and emotions
is a righteous God.
You have tested my heart;
You have examined me at night.
You have tried me and found nothing evil;
I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?
If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them.
I, Yahweh, examine the mind,
I test the heart
to give to each according to his way,
according to what his actions deserve.
on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.
“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:

“The Son of God, the One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze, says:

That keepeth

The Lord brings death and gives life;
He sends some to Sheol, and He raises others up.
“When someone pursues you and attempts to take your life, my lord’s life will be tucked safely in the place where the Lord your God protects the living. However, He will fling away your enemies’ lives like stones from a sling.
He keeps us alive
and does not allow our feet to slip.
He will not allow your foot to slip;
your Protector will not slumber.
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.
For in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’
and the Living One. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.

And shall

For He repays a person according to his deeds,
and He brings his ways on him.
and faithful love belongs to You, Lord.
For You repay each according to his works.
the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men in order to give to each person according to his ways and the result of his deeds.
For the Son of Man is going to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will reward each according to what he has done.
He will repay each one according to his works:
For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.
I will kill her children with the plague. Then all the churches will know that I am the One who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.
“Look! I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me to repay each person according to what he has done.

General references

They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be:

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