The LORD sees everything you do. Wherever you go, he is watching.

You may think that everything you do is right, but remember that the LORD judges your motives.

But the LORD said to him, "Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as people judge. They look at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart."

You are a righteous God and judge our thoughts and desires. Stop the wickedness of evildoers and reward those who are good.

You know my heart. You have come to me at night; you have examined me completely and found no evil desire in me. I speak no evil,

you would surely have discovered it, because you know our secret thoughts.

Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and both are protected by still higher officials.

I, the LORD, search the minds and test the hearts of people. I treat each of them according to the way they live, according to what they do."

And so, according to the Good News I preach, this is how it will be on that Day when God through Jesus Christ will judge the secret thoughts of all.

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart.

There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that we must all give an account of ourselves.

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, whose feet shine like polished brass.

I will also kill her followers, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who knows everyone's thoughts and wishes. I will repay each of you according to what you have done.

The LORD kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again.

If anyone should attack you and try to kill you, the LORD your God will keep you safe, as someone guards a precious treasure. As for your enemies, however, he will throw them away, as someone hurls stones with a sling.

He has kept us alive and has not allowed us to fall.

He will not let you fall; your protector is always awake.

He will protect you as you come and go now and forever.

You acted against the Lord of heaven and brought in the cups and bowls taken from his Temple. You, your noblemen, your wives, and your concubines drank wine out of them and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone---gods that cannot see or hear and that do not know anything. But you did not honor the God who determines whether you live or die and who controls everything you do.

as someone has said, 'In him we live and move and exist.' It is as some of your poets have said, 'We too are his children.'

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

He rewards people for what they do and treats them as they deserve.

and that his love is constant. You yourself, O Lord, reward everyone according to their deeds.

You make wise plans and do mighty things; you see everything that people do, and you reward them according to their actions.

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

For God will reward each of us according to what we have done.

For all of us must appear before Christ, to be judged by him. We will each receive what we deserve, according to everything we have done, good or bad, in our bodily life.

I will also kill her followers, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who knows everyone's thoughts and wishes. I will repay each of you according to what you have done.

And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.

Then death and the world of the dead were thrown into the lake of fire. (This lake of fire is the second death.)

"Listen!" says Jesus. "I am coming soon! I will bring my rewards with me, to give to each one according to what he has done.