'Knows' in the Bible

“In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing sheep and cattle. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.

He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows where his grave is.

“Yahweh is the God of gods! Yahweh is the God of gods! He knows, and may Israel also know. Do not spare us today, if it was in rebellion or treachery against the Lord

I told him that I am going to judge his family forever because of the iniquity he knows about: his sons are defiling the sanctuary, and he has not stopped them.

Let our lord command your servants here in your presence to look for someone who knows how to play the lyre. Whenever the evil spirit from God troubles you, that person can play the lyre, and you will feel better.”

One of the young men answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man, a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the Lord is with him.”

But David said, “Your father certainly knows that you have come to look favorably on me. He has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.’” David also swore, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

saying, “Don’t be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. You yourself will be king over Israel, and I’ll be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows it is true.”

My lord should pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name is Nabal, and stupidity is all he knows. I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

He answered, “While the baby was alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let him live.’

Joab fell with his face to the ground in homage and praised the king. “Today,” Joab said, “your servant knows I have found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant.”

Then, even a brave man with the heart of a lion will melt because all Israel knows that your father and the valiant men with him are warriors.

For your servant knows that I have sinned. But look! Today I am the first one of the entire house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

“Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants’ wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan. His father is a man of Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, with purple, blue, crimson yarn, and fine linen. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and to execute any design that may be given him. I have sent him to be with your craftsmen and the craftsmen of my lord, your father David.

If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

Surely He knows which people are worthless.If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it?

He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?”He knows the day of darkness is at hand.

Yet He knows the way I have taken;when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

No bird of prey knows that path;no falcon’s eye has seen it.

But God understands the way to wisdom,and He knows its location.

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

There are no signs for us to see.There is no longer a prophet.And none of us knows how long this will last.

Because he is lovingly devoted to Me,I will deliver him;I will protect him because he knows My name.

The Lord knows man’s thoughts;they are meaningless.

For He knows what we are made of,remembering that we are dust.

He made the moon to mark the festivals;the sun knows when to set.

Though the Lord is exalted,He takes note of the humble;but He knows the haughty from a distance.

The woman Folly is rowdy;she is gullible and knows nothing.

The heart knows its own bitterness,and no outsider shares in its joy.

for destruction from them will come suddenly;who knows what distress these two can bring?

The righteous person knows the rights of the poor,but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?

What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow? Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?

Who is like the wise person, and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

Yet no one knows what will happen because who can tell him what will happen?

Yet the fool multiplies words.No one knows what will happen,and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?

The ox knows its owner,and the donkey its master’s feeding trough,but Israel does not know;My people do not understand.”

For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

for before the boy knows how to call out father or mother, the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.”

Woe to those who go to great lengthsto hide their plans from the Lord.They do their works in darkness,and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”

Even the stork in the skyknows her seasons.The turtledove, swallow, and craneare aware of their migration,but My people do not knowthe requirements of the Lord.

But the one who boasts should boast in this,that he understands and knows Me—that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love,justice, and righteousness on the earth,for I delight in these things.This is the Lord’s declaration.

because they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken a lie in My name, which I did not command them. I am He who knows, and I am a witness.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,everyone who knows his name.Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered,the glorious staff!

He reveals the deep and hidden things;He knows what is in the darkness,and light dwells with Him.

Who knows? He may turn and relentand leave a blessing behind Him,so you can offer grain and wineto the Lord your God.

Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.

Your court officials are like the swarming locust,and your scribes like clouds of locusts,which settle on the walls on a cold day;when the sun rises, they take off,and no one knows where they are.

The righteous Lord is in her;He does no wrong.He applies His justice morning by morning;He does not fail at dawn,yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.