Proverbs 24:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² If you say, “See, we did not know this,” Would not He who weighs the hearts discern it? He who watches over your life, Would He not know it? And shall He not repay man according to his work?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² If you [profess ignorance and] say, Behold, we did not know this, does not He Who weighs and ponders the heart perceive and consider it? And He Who guards your life, does not He know it? And shall not He render to [you and] every man according to his works?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

Common English Bible

¹² If you say, “Look, we didn’t know about it,” the one who weighs hearts—doesn’t he understand? The one who protects your life—he knows. He makes people pay for their actions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² If you would say: "I do not have sufficient strength." He who inspects the heart, the same one understands, and nothing slips past the one who preserves your soul. And he shall repay a man according to his works.

Proverbs 24:12 Cross References

Job 34:11

For He repays man’s work to him, and makes man to find a reward according to his path.

Psalm 121:3

He does not allow your foot to be moved; He who watches over you does not slumber.

Psalm 121:8

יהוה  guards your going out and your coming in Now and forever.

Psalm 17:3

You have examined my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me – You find I have not schemed; My mouth would not transgress.

Psalm 44:21

Would Elohim not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 62:12

And kindness is Yours, O יהוה ; For You reward each one according to his work.

Psalm 66:9

Who keeps us in life, And does not allow our feet to be moved.

Psalm 7:9

Please let the evil of the wrong be ended, And establish the righteous; For the righteous Elohim is a trier of hearts and kidneys.

Psalm 94:9

He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of his mouth one is filled with good, And the work of a man’s hands is given back to him.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, But יהוה  weighs the spirits.

Proverbs 21:2

All a man’s ways are right in his own eyes, But יהוה  weighs the hearts.

Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of man Are before the eyes of יהוה, And He considers all his paths.

Proverbs 5:22

The wrong one is entrapped In his own crookednesses, And he is caught in the cords of his sin.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the oppression of the poor, and denial of right-ruling and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter. For a higher than the high is guarding, and there are higher ones over them.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, יהוה, search the heart, I try the kidneys, and give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

Jeremiah 32:19

great in counsel and mighty in work, for Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Lamentations 3:36

Or wrong a man in his cause – This יהוה  does not approve.

Daniel 5:23

“And you have lifted yourself up against the Master of the heavens. And they brought before you the vessels of His house, and you and your great men, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them. And you have praised the elahin of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which neither see nor hear nor know. But the Elah who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not made great.

Matthew 16:27

“For the Son of Aḏ

Acts 17:28

“For in Him we live and move and are, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’

Romans 2:16

in the day when Elohim shall judge the secrets of men through יהושע  Messiah, according to my Good News.

Romans 2:6

who “shall render to each one according to his works”:

1 Corinthians 4:5

So do not judge any at all before the time, until the Master comes, who shall bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the thoughts of the hearts. And then each one’s praise shall come from Elohim.

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we all have to appear before the judgment seat of Messiah, in order for each one to receive according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Revelation 1:18

and the living One. And I became dead, and see, I am living forever and ever. Amĕ

Revelation 2:18

“And to the messenger of the assembly in Thyatira write, ‘This says the Son of Elohim, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like burnished brass:

Revelation 2:23

“And I shall slay her children with death. And all the assemblies shall know that I am the One searching the kidneys and hearts. And I shall give to each one of you according to your works.

Revelation 22:12

“And see, I am coming speedily, and My reward is with Me, to give to each according to his work.

1 Samuel 16:7

But יהוה  said to Shemu’ĕ

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not multiply words so proudly, proudly; let no arrogance come from your mouth, for יהוה  is an Ě

1 Samuel 2:6

“יהוה  puts to death and makes alive, He brings down to the grave and raises up.

1 Samuel 25:29

“And if a man rises to pursue you and seek your life, and the life of my master has been bound in the bundle of the living with יהוה  your Elohim, then the lives of your enemies He shall sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.