Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the children of man!
would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind,
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous— you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
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