20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

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20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, you have (A)searched me and known me!
You (B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you (C)discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
    behold, O Lord, (D)you know it altogether.

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,(A) Lord,
    and you know(B) me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;(C)
    you perceive my thoughts(D) from afar.
You discern my going out(E) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(F)
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.(G)

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10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
    (B)and test the mind,[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
    according to the fruit of his deeds.”

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  1. Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys

10 “I the Lord search the heart(A)
    and examine the mind,(B)
to reward(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(D)

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13 And (A)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are (B)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.(A) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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(A)For I am not aware of anything against myself, (B)but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

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My conscience(A) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(B) It is the Lord who judges me.(C)

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Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for (A)he who is in you is greater than (B)he who is in the world.

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You, dear children,(A) are from God and have overcome them,(B) because the one who is in you(C) is greater than the one who is in the world.(D)

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29 My Father, (A)who has given them to me,[a] (B)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (C)the Father's hand. 30 (D)I and the Father are one.”

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  1. John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me

29 My Father, who has given them to me,(A) is greater than all[a];(B) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(C)

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  1. John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all

24 (A)Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. (B)Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.

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24 Who can hide(A) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(B)
declares the Lord.

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12 “Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,
    for God is greater than man.

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12 “But I tell you, in this you are not right,
    for God is greater than any mortal.(A)

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17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him (A)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, (B)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed (C)my sheep.

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17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”(A) He said, “Lord, you know all things;(B) you know that I love you.”

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.(C)

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20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
    or (A)spread out our hands to (B)a foreign god,
21 (C)would not God discover this?
    (D)For he knows the secrets of the heart.

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20 If we had forgotten(A) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,(B)
21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?(C)

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I (A)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go;
    my heart does not (B)reproach me for any of my days.

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I will maintain my innocence(A) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(B) will not reproach me as long as I live.(C)

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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (A)who searches mind and heart, and (B)I will give to each of you according to your works.

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23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(A) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(B)

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