For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He ponders all his tracks.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Jehovah ponders the hearts.

But Jehovah said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance nor at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For man does not see as He sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks at the heart.

O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the just. For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

You have examined my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

shall not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, do not be astonished at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest watches; so there are those higher than they.

I Jehovah search the heart, I examine the soul, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men through Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will be from God.

For the Word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

And there is no creature that is not revealed in His presence, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give answer.

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the inner thoughts and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

Jehovah kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and brings up.

If a man arises to pursue you and seek your soul, the soul of my lord shall be bound up in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God; and the souls of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

who gives our souls life, and does not allow our feet to slip.

He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber.

Jehovah shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of Heaven. And they have brought the vessels of His house before you. And you, and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, and do not know. And you have not glorified the God in whose hand your life, breath, and all your ways is.

for in Him we live and move and exist, as also some of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.

I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

For He repays man according to his work, and causes him to attain according to his way.

Also to You, O Jehovah, belongs mercy; for You give to every man according to his work.

great in counsel and mighty in work; for Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his practice.

who will render to each one according to his works:

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the inner thoughts and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God. And books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, out of the things which were written in the books.

And Death and Hades were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the second death.

And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to what his work shall be.