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15 He made their hearts,
    so he understands everything they do.

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15 he who forms(A) the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.(B)

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15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

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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.

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19 great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds.(A) Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind;(B) you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.(C)

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19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

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21 God would surely have known it,
    for he knows the secrets of every heart.

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21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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26 From one man[a] he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:26 Greek From one; other manuscripts read From one blood.

26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A)

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26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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And yet, O Lord, you are our Father.
    We are the clay, and you are the potter.
    We all are formed by your hand.

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Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.(C)

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But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

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29 But I did find this: God created people to be virtuous, but they have each turned to follow their own downward path.”

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29 This only have I found:
    God created mankind upright,
    but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

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29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

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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 one’s life reflects the heart.[a]

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Footnotes

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

19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

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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.

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12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs(A) the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
    Will he not repay(B) everyone according to what they have done?(C)

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12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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The rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord made them both.

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Rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord is the Maker of them all.(A)

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The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

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