If you say, "But we did not know about this," does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

All of a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.

and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.

May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!

The Lord will protect you in all you do, now and forevermore.

He will reward each one according to his works:

The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling's pocket!

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.

would not God discover it, for he knows one's thoughts?

He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord's eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person's paths.

I, the Lord, probe into people's minds. I examine people's hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone -- gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!

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

For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'

on the day when God will judge the secrets of human hearts, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive -- forever and ever -- and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze:

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened -- the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.

(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one 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 the ways of a person are in front of the Lord's eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person's paths.
All of a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.
But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!
You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
would not God discover it, for he knows one's thoughts?
If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!
I, the Lord, probe into people's minds. I examine people's hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
on the day when God will judge the secrets of human hearts, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.
"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze:

That keepeth

The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.
When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling's pocket!
He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.
May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep!
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone -- gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!
For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.'
and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive -- forever and ever -- and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!

And shall

For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.
and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do.
You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.
For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
He will reward each one according to his works:
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.
Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened -- the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.
(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done!

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And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

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