12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not (A)He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man (B)according to his deeds?

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11 (A)For He repays man according to his work,
And makes man to find a reward according to his way.

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23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who (A)searches[a] the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

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  1. Revelation 2:23 examines

(A)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
(B)But the Lord weighs the hearts.

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10 I, the Lord, (A)search the heart,
I test the [a]mind,
(B)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.

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  1. Jeremiah 17:10 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys

The Vanity of Gain and Honor

If you (A)see the oppression of the poor, and the violent [a]perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for (B)high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:8 wresting

The Lord shall (A)preserve[a] your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore.

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  1. Psalm 121:8 keep

(A)He will not allow your foot to [a]be moved;
(B)He who keeps you will not slumber.

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  1. Psalm 121:3 slip

But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have [a]refused him. (B)For[b] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man (C)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the (D)heart.”

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  1. 1 Samuel 16:7 rejected
  2. 1 Samuel 16:7 LXX For God does not see as man sees; Tg. It is not by the appearance of a man; Vg. Nor do I judge according to the looks of a man

12 Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
For (A)You [a]render to each one according to his work.

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  1. Psalm 62:12 reward

You have tested my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
(A)You have [a]tried me and have found [b]nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth shall not (B)transgress.

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  1. Psalm 17:3 examined
  2. Psalm 17:3 Nothing evil

Jesus Testifies to the Churches

12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and (A)My reward is with Me, (B)to give to every one according to his work.

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12 And I saw the dead, (A)small and great, standing before [a]God, (B)and books were opened. And another (C)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (D)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, (E)and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. (F)And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then (G)Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. (H)This is the second [b]death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life (I)was cast into the lake of fire.

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  1. Revelation 20:12 NU, M the throne
  2. Revelation 20:14 NU, M death, the lake of fire.

The Corrupt Church

18 “And to the [a]angel of the church in Thyatira write,

‘These things says the Son of God, (A)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

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  1. Revelation 2:18 Or messenger

18 (A)I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, (B)I am alive forevermore. Amen. And (C)I have the keys of [a]Hades and of Death.

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  1. Revelation 1:18 Lit. Unseen; the unseen realm

12 For the word of God is (A)living and powerful, and (B)sharper than any (C)two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is (D)a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 (E)And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are (F)naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

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

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(A)Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to (B)light the hidden things of darkness and (C)reveal the [a]counsels of the hearts. (D)Then each one’s praise will come from God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 4:5 motives

16 (A)in the day when God will judge the secrets of men (B)by Jesus Christ, (C)according to my gospel.

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28 for (A)in Him we live and move and have our being, (B)as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

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27 For (A)the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father (B)with His angels, (C)and then He will reward each according to his works.

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23 (A)And you have [a]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (B)vessels of [b]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (C)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (D)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

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  1. Daniel 5:23 Exalted
  2. Daniel 5:23 The temple

19 You are (A)great in counsel and mighty in [a]work, for Your (B)eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, (C)to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

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  1. Jeremiah 32:19 deed

21 (A)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He [a]ponders all his paths.

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  1. Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs

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