Luke 16:15

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

Cross References

1 Samuel 16:7

And 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.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge not before the time; until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise from God.

Jeremiah 17:10

I 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.

Proverbs 16:5

Every proud man is an abomination to the Lord: though hand should be joined to hand, he is not innocent. The beginning of a good way is to do justice; and this is more acceptable with God, than to offer sacrifices.

Acts 15:8

And God, who knoweth the hearts, gave testimony, giving unto them the Holy Ghost, as well as to us;

1 Peter 3:4

But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, which is rich in the sight of God.

Luke 11:39

And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity. Wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.

Luke 10:29

But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?

Revelation 2:23

And 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,

1 Peter 5:5

In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another, for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace.

Romans 3:20

Because by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified before him. For by the law is the knowledge of sin.

John 2:25

And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he knew what was in man.

Matthew 23:5

And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.

Luke 18:21

Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth.

Proverbs 20:6

Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.

Psalm 7:9

The Lord judgeth the people. Judge me, O Lord, according to my justice, and according to my innocence in me.

2 Chronicles 6:30

Hear thou from heaven, from thy high dwelling-place, and forgive, and render to every one according to his ways, which thou knowest him to have in his heart (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men);

Acts 1:18

And he indeed hath possessed a field of the reward of iniquity, and being hanged, burst asunder in the midst: and all his bowels gushed out.

Luke 20:47

Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These shall receive greater damnation.

Luke 20:20

And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.

Matthew 6:16

And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:5

And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:2

Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.

Malachi 3:15

Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

Psalm 49:18

If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

Psalm 49:13

Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?

John 21:17

He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved, because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.

Psalm 10:3

For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

Luke 18:9

And to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, he spoke also this parable:

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather that the other: because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

Acts 1:24

And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

Romans 8:27

And he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what the Spirit desireth; because he asketh for the saints according to God.