Proverbs 24:12
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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?If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
In other translations
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?If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-ifH3588תֹאמַרtomaryou will sayH559הֵןhenhere!H2005לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָדַעְנוּyada'nuwe knewH3045זֶהzehthisH2088הֲלֹא־halo'-¿ notH3808תֹכֵןtokhen[one who] weighsH8505לִבּוֹת׀libotheartsH3826הוּא־hu'-heH1931יָבִיןyavindoes he perceiveH995וְנֹצֵרvenotzerand [one who] guardsH5341נַפְשְׁךָnafshekhalife yourH5315הוּאhu'heH1931יֵדָעyeda'does he know?H3045וְהֵשִׁיבveheshivand will he repay?H7725לְאָדָםle'adamto a personH120כְּפָעֳלוֹ׃kefo'oloaccording to work hisH6467
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Related verses
- Job 34:11For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
- Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- Psalm 121:8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
- Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
- Romans 2:6Who will render to every man according to his deeds:God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- Psalm 121:3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
- Daniel 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
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