Isaiah 29:15
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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.’”
Read full chapter
Isaiah 47:10
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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.
Read full chapter
Malachi 2:17
English Standard Version
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?”
Read full chapter
Isaiah 28:15
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
Job 34:22
English Standard Version
Job 22:13-14
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 2 Corinthians 4:2 Greek to walk in
1 Corinthians 4:5
English Standard Version
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.
Read full chapter
Zephaniah 1:12
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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.’
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 23:24
English Standard Version
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.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 57:12
English Standard Version
12 I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
but they will not profit you.
Psalm 73:11
English Standard Version
11 And they say, (A)“How can God know?
Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
Psalm 64:5-6
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 28:17
English Standard Version
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
English Standard Version
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!”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.