Proverbs 24:12

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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?

Doth not he that

That keepeth

Acts 17:28

Revelation 1:18

And shall

General references

Matthew 24:39

Bible References

Doth not he that

on the day when God will judge the secrets of men's lives by Jesus Christ, as declared in the Good News as I have taught it.

Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.

For God's Message is full of life and power, and is keener than the sharpest two-edged sword. It pierces even to the severance of soul from spirit, and penetrates between the joints and the marrow, and it can discern the secret thoughts and purposes of the heart.

"To the minister of the Church at Thyateira write as follows: "'This is what the Son of God says--He who has eyes like a flame of fire, and feet resembling silver-bronze.

That keepeth

For it is in closest union with Him that we live and move and have our being; as in fact some of the poets in repute among yourselves have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'

I died; but I am now alive until the Ages of the Ages, and I have the keys of the gates of Death and of Hades!

And shall

For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father with His angels, and then will He requite every man according to his actions.

To each man He will make an award corresponding to his actions;

For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.

Her children too shall surely die; and all the Churches shall come to know that I am He who searches into men's inmost thoughts; and to each of you I will give a requital which shall be in accordance with what your conduct has been.

And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing in front of the throne. And books were opened; and so was another book--namely, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged by the things recorded in the books in accordance with what their conduct had been.

"I am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, that I may requite every man in accordance with what his conduct has been.

General references

nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.