'Know' in the Bible

But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and dealt wonderfully with] the godly man [the one of honorable character and moral courage—the one who does right].The Lord hears and responds when I call to Him.

You have put joy in my heart,More than [others know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly.

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

Put them in [reverent] fear of You, O Lord,So that the nations may know they are but [frail and mortal] men. Selah.

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;He will answer him from His holy heavenWith the saving strength of His right hand.

Malicious witnesses rise up;They ask me of things that I do not know.

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.

“Lord, let me know my [life’s] endAnd [to appreciate] the extent of my days;Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

“O look away from me, that I may smile and again know joyBefore I depart and am no more.”

I have proclaimed good news of righteousness [and the joy that comes from obedience to You] in the great assembly;Behold, I will not restrain my lips [from proclaiming Your righteousness],As You know, O Lord.

By this I know that You favor and delight in me,Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

“Be still and know (recognize, understand) that I am God.I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.”

“I know every bird of the mountains,And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;This I know, that God is for me.

Destroy them in wrath, destroy them so that they may be no more;Let them know that God rules over Jacob (Israel)To the ends of the earth. Selah.

O God, You know my folly;My wrongs are not hidden from You.

You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor [how I am insulted];My adversaries are all before You [each one fully known].

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousnessAnd of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,For their number is more than I know.

They say, “How does God know?Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”

We do not see our symbols;There is no longer any prophet [to guide us],Nor does any among us know for how long.

That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be bornMay arise and recount them to their children,

And not be like their fathers—A stubborn and rebellious generation,A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

The rulers do not know nor do they understand;They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,Are the Most High over all the earth.

“I will mention Rahab (Egypt) and Babylon among those who know Me—Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia (Cush)—‘This one was born there.’”

Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]!They walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance!

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His].We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

A perverse heart shall depart from me;I will not tolerate evil.

For the wind passes over it and it is no more,And its place knows it no longer.

And let them know that this is Your hand;You, Lord, have done it.

I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are fair,And that in faithfulness You have disciplined me.

I am Your servant; give me understanding [the ability to learn and a teachable heart]That I may know Your testimonies.

For I know that the Lord is greatAnd that our Lord is above all gods.

You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];You understand my thought from afar.

Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken],Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;Test me and know my anxious thoughts;

I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,And [will secure] justice for the poor.

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,For I trust in You.Teach me the way in which I should walk,For I lift up my soul to You.