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11 Even Death and Destruction[a] hold no secrets from the Lord.
    How much more does he know the human heart!

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  1. 15:11 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon.

11 The grave[a] and the underworld[b] lie open before the Lord;
    how much more the hearts of human beings!

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  1. Proverbs 15:11 Heb Sheol
  2. Proverbs 15:11 Heb Abaddon

11 Death and Destruction[a] lie open before the Lord(A)
    how much more do human hearts!(B)

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  1. Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

People may be pure in their own eyes,
    but the Lord examines their motives.

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All the ways of people
are pure in their eyes,
    but the Lord tests the motives.

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All a person’s ways seem pure to them,(A)
    but motives are weighed(B) by the Lord.(C)

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Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
    but the Lord tests the heart.

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A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold,
    but the Lord tests the heart.

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but the Lord tests the heart.(B)

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11 Even children are known by the way they act,
    whether their conduct is pure, and whether it is right.

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11 Even young people are known by their actions,
    whether their conduct is pure and upright.

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11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?

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27 The Lord’s light penetrates the human spirit,[a]
    exposing every hidden motive.

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  1. 20:27 Or The human spirit is the Lord’s light.

27 The breath of a person is the lamp of the Lord,
    searching all the inmost parts.

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27 The human spirit is[a] the lamp of the Lord(A)
    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or A person’s words are

People may be right in their own eyes,
    but the Lord examines their heart.

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Everyone’s path is straight in their own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.

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A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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19 As a face is reflected in water,
    so the heart reflects the real person.

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19 As water reflects the face,
    so the heart reflects one person to another.

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19 As water reflects the face,
    so one’s life reflects the heart.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you