Acts 1:24

They pray, asking the Lord who knows every heart to reveal His choice. It shows reliance on God's knowledge rather than mere human judgment.

Cross-references · 22

• 1 Sam 16:7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
• Acts 15:8God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.
• Jer 17:10“I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
• Heb 4:13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
• Rev 2:23I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
• Acts 14:23When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
• Acts 6:6whom they set before the apostles. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
• Rom 8:27He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
• Num 27:16“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
• Ps 44:21won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
• Ps 7:9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
• Prov 3:5–6Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
• John 2:24–25But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,
• Acts 13:2–3As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
• John 21:17He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
• Jer 20:12But, Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.
• Jer 11:20But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I shall see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.
• 1 Kgs 8:39then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
• 1 Chr 28:9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
• Prov 15:11Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh — how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
• Luke 6:12–13In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
• 1 Chr 29:17I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

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