Proverbs 24:12

Claiming ignorance is no excuse, for God weighs the heart and repays each person according to his deeds.

Cross-references · 29

• Job 34:11For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
• Rev 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Jer 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Ps 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
• Rom 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
• 1 Sam 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
• Prov 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
• Eccl 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
• Ps 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
• Ps 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
• Ps 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.
• Rev 22:12“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
• Rom 2:16on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
• Jer 32:19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Prov 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
• 2 Cor 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
• Rev 2:18To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
• 1 Sam 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
• 1 Sam 2:6The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
• Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
• Dan 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
• Rev 20:12–15And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
• Heb 4:12–13For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• Ps 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
• Matt 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
• Ps 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
• Acts 17:28‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
• Ps 66:9He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
• 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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