Isaiah 29:15
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15 Ah, (A)you who hide deep from the Lord your counsel,
whose deeds are (B)in the dark,
and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
Ezekiel 8:12
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12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (A)in the dark, each (B)in his room of pictures? For they say, (C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”
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Isaiah 47:10
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10 You felt secure in your wickedness;
you said, “No one sees me”;
your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,
and you said in your heart,
(A)“I am, and there is no one besides me.”
Isaiah 30:1
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Do Not Go Down to Egypt
30 “Ah, (A)stubborn children,” declares the Lord,
(B)“who carry out a plan, but not mine,
and who make (C)an alliance,[a] but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to sin;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:1 Hebrew who weave a web
Psalm 139:1-8
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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!
2 You (B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you (C)discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, (D)you know it altogether.
5 You (E)hem me in, behind and before,
and (F)lay your hand upon me.
6 (G)Such knowledge is (H)too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 (I)Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where (J)shall I flee from your presence?
8 (K)If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
(L)If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
Luke 12:1-3
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Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees
12 In the meantime, (A)when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, (B)“Beware of (C)the leaven of the Pharisees, (D)which is hypocrisy. 2 (E)Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in (F)private rooms shall be proclaimed on (G)the housetops.
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Malachi 2:17
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The Messenger of the Lord
17 (A)You have wearied the Lord with your words. (B)But you say, “How have we wearied him?” (C)By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, (D)“Where is the God of justice?”
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Isaiah 28:15
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15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death,
and with Sheol we have an agreement,
when the (A)overwhelming whip passes through
it will not come to us,
for we have made (B)lies our refuge,
and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;
Psalm 94:7-9
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7 (A)and they say, “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
8 (B)Understand, O dullest of the people!
Fools, when will you be wise?
9 (C)He who planted the ear, does he not hear?
He who formed the eye, does he not see?
Psalm 59:7
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7 There they are, (A)bellowing with their mouths
with (B)swords in their lips—
for (C)“Who,” they think,[a] “will hear us?”
Footnotes
- Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think
Psalm 10:11-13
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Job 34:22
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Job 22:13-14
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13 But you say, (A)‘What does God know?
Can he judge through (B)the deep darkness?
14 (C)Thick clouds veil him, so that he does not see,
and he walks on the vault of heaven.’
2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 But we have renounced (A)disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice[a] cunning or (B)to tamper with God's word, but (C)by the open statement of the truth (D)we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:2 Greek to walk in
1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 Therefore (A)do not pronounce judgment before the time, (B)before the Lord comes, (C)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. (D)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
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Zephaniah 1:12
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12 At that time (A)I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
and I will punish the men
(B)who are complacent,[a]
(C)those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
nor will he do ill.’
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:12 Hebrew are thickening on the dregs [of their wine]
Ezekiel 9:9
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9 Then he said to me, (A)“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. (B)The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For (C)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’
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Jeremiah 23:24
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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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Isaiah 57:12
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12 I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
but they will not profit you.
Psalm 73:11
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11 And they say, (A)“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Psalm 64:5-6
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5 They (A)hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of (B)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (C)“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For (D)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
Job 24:13-17
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13 “There are those who rebel (A)against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways,
and do not stay in its paths.
14 The murderer rises before it is light,
that he (B)may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for (C)the twilight,
saying, ‘No (D)eye will see me’;
and he veils his face.
16 In the dark they (E)dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
17 For (F)deep darkness is morning to all of them;
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
Revelation 2:23
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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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Isaiah 28:17
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17 And I will make justice (A)the line,
and righteousness (B)the plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”
Isaiah 5:18-19
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18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with (A)cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19 who say: (B)“Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
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