THEOSISProverbs 24:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.
כִּֽי־תֹאמַ֗ר הֵן֮ לֹא־יָדַ֢עְנ֫וּ זֶ֥ה הֲֽלֹא־תֹ֘כֵ֤ן לִבּ֨וֹת ׀ הֽוּא־יָבִ֗ין וְנֹצֵ֣ר נַ֭פְשְׁךָ ה֣וּא יֵדָ֑ע וְהֵשִׁ֖יב לְאָדָ֣ם כְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 34:11For he will render to a man his work, and according to the ways of every one he will reward them.
- Rev 2:23And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say
- Rom 2:6Who will render to every man according to his works.
- Prov 21:2Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
- Jer 17:10I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
- Eccl 5:8Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
- 1 Sam 16:7And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
- Ps 121 (120):8