1 Samuel 2:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ “Do not multiply words so proudly, proudly; let no arrogance come from your mouth, for יהוה is an Ěl of knowledge, and by Him deeds are weighed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance go forth from your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.

Common English Bible

³ Don’t go on and on, talking so proudly, spouting arrogance from your mouth, because the LORD is the God who knows, and he weighs every act.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Do not continue speaking of great things, boasting. Let what is old depart from your mouth. For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and thoughts are prepared for him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boasting: let old matters depart from your mouth. For the Lord is a God of all knowledge, and to him are thoughts prepared.

1 Samuel 2:3 Cross References

1 Kings 8:39

then hear in the heavens, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and render unto everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know. Because You – You alone – know the hearts of all the sons of men,

Job 31:6

let Him weigh me in a right scale, and let Eloah know my integrity.

Psalm 147:5

Great is our Master and mighty in power, There is no limit to His understanding.

Psalm 17:10

They are enclosed in their own fat, They speak proudly with their mouths,

Psalm 31:18

Let lips of falsehood be stilled, Which speak recklessly against the righteous, With pride and scorn.

Psalm 44:21

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

Psalm 75:5

“Do not lift up your horn on high (You speak with a stiff neck).’ ”

Psalm 94:4

They pour forth words, They speak arrogantly; All the workers of wickedness boast in themselves.

Proverbs 16:2

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

Proverbs 24:12

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?

Proverbs 8:13

“The fear of יהוה is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, And the evil way, And the perverse mouth.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is uprightness; O upright One, You weigh the course of the righteous.

Isaiah 37:23

“Whom have you reproached and reviled? And against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes in pride? Against the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl!

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.

Ezekiel 35:13

“And with your mouth you have boasted against Me and increased your words against Me – I Myself have heard.”

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar, am praising and exalting and esteeming the Sovereign of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His ways right. And those who walk in pride He is able to humble.

Daniel 5:27

“TEQĚL – You have been weighed on the scales, and found lacking.

Malachi 3:13

“Your words have been strong against Me,” said יהוה, “but you have said, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

Hebrews 4:12

For the Word of Elohim is living, and working, and sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through even to the dividing of being and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Joshua 22:22

"Ěl Elohim יהוה, Ěl Elohim יהוה, He knows, and let Yisra’ĕl itself know. If this has been in rebellion, or if in trespass against יהוה, do not save us this day.

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.

Judges 9:38

And Zeḇul said to him, “Now where is your mouth with which you said, ‘Who is Aḇimeleḵ, that we should serve him?’ Are not these the people whom you despised? I beg you, go out and fight them now.”

1 Samuel 16:7

But יהוה said to Shemu’ĕl, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him, for not as man sees, for man looks at the eyes, but יהוה looks at the heart.”