Proverbs 24:12
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12 Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.”
For God understands all hearts, and he sees you.
He who guards your soul knows you knew.
He will repay all people as their actions deserve.
Job 34:11
New Living Translation
11 He repays people according to their deeds.
He treats people as they deserve.
Revelation 2:23
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23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve.
Romans 2:6
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6 He will judge everyone according to what they have done.
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Proverbs 21:2
New Living Translation
2 People may be right in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their heart.
Jeremiah 17:10
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10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Futility of Wealth
8 Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.
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Psalm 121:8
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8 The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go,
both now and forever.
Psalm 121:3
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3 He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
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Psalm 62:12
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12 unfailing love, O Lord, is yours.
Surely you repay all people
according to what they have done.
Psalm 17:3
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3 You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.
You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.
I am determined not to sin in what I say.
Revelation 22:12
New Living Translation
12 “Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds.
Revelation 20:12-15
New Living Translation
12 I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave[a] gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. 14 Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. 15 And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Revelation 2:18
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The Message to the Church in Thyatira
18 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes are like flames of fire, whose feet are like polished bronze:
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Revelation 1:18
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18 I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.[a]
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- 1:18 Greek and Hades.
Hebrews 4:12-13
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12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.
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2 Corinthians 5:10
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10 For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 So don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.
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Romans 2:16
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16 And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.
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Acts 17:28
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28 For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your[a] own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
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- 17:28 Some manuscripts read our.
Matthew 16:27
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27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds.
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Daniel 5:23
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23 For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!
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Jeremiah 32:19
New Living Translation
19 You have all wisdom and do great and mighty miracles. You see the conduct of all people, and you give them what they deserve.
Proverbs 5:21
New Living Translation
21 For the Lord sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.
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