How much longer will criminals be proud and boast about their crimes?

To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.

Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.

he said, "Look how great Babylon is! I built it as my capital city to display my power and might, my glory and majesty."

Before the words were out of his mouth, a voice spoke from heaven, "King Nebuchadnezzar, listen to what I say! Your royal power is now taken away from you.

"And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly."

"You have said terrible things about me," says the LORD. "But you ask, 'What have we said about you?'

to bring judgment on all, to condemn them all for the godless deeds they have performed and for all the terrible words that godless sinners have spoken against him!"

These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.

hear their prayer. Listen to them in your home in heaven, forgive them, and help them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each person as he deserves,

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

They say, "The LORD does not see us; the God of Israel does not notice."

God made our ears---can't he hear? He made our eyes---can't he see?

Great and mighty is our Lord; his wisdom cannot be measured.

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."

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.

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.

Let God weigh me on honest scales, and he will see how innocent I am.

LORD, you make the path smooth for good people; the road they travel is level.

weight, you have been weighed on the scales and found to be too light;