Luke 16:15

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But Jesus told them, “You appear pious to people, but God knows what you're thinking. What people value highly is detested by God.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you look on the inside and are happy when we live right. Everything I have given willingly and with an honest heart, and now I have seen your people here giving happily and willingly to you.

2 Chronicles 6:30

then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and forgive. Give according to the way they live their lives, for you know what people are really like inside, and you alone know the true character of people.

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.

Psalm 49:13

This is the way of foolish people, yet those who come after them think they were clever! Selah.

Psalm 49:18

They congratulate themselves for all they possess—people always praise you when you do well—

Psalm 7:9

Please bring an end to the evil done by the wicked; vindicate those who do good, for you are the God of right who examines hearts and minds.

Proverbs 16:5

The Lord hates the arrogant. You can be certain of this: the wicked won't go unpunished.

Proverbs 20:6

Many people tell you they're loyal, but can you find someone really trustworthy?

Proverbs 21:2

People think that whatever they do is fine, but the Lord looks at their motives.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I, the Lord, see what people are thinking. I examine their minds, so I can reward them depending on their attitudes and the way they behave.

Malachi 3:15

From now on we'll say that the proud are blessed. Evil people do well, and nothing happens when they dare God to punish them.”

Matthew 23:5

Everything they do is to make sure they get noticed. They make themselves large prayer boxes to wear and long tassels on their clothes.

Matthew 6:16

When you fast, don't be like the hypocrites who put on sad faces and make themselves look terrible so that everyone can see they're fasting. I tell you the truth, they already have their reward.

Matthew 6:2

When you give to the poor, don't be like the hypocrites who blow their own trumpets to announce what they're doing in the synagogues and in the streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth: they already have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand up and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people can see them. I promise you, they already have their reward.

Luke 10:29

But the man wanted to vindicate himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 11:39

So the Lord told him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you're full of greed and wickedness.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood up and prayed to himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—cheats, criminals, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, it was this man who went home right in God's sight and not the other. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 18:21

“I've kept all these commandments since I was young,” the man replied.

Luke 18:9

He also told this story about those who are so sure that they are living right, and who put everybody else down.

Luke 20:20

Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:47

They cheat widows out of what they own, and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-winded prayers. They will receive severe condemnation in the judgment.”

John 2:25

He didn't need anyone to tell him about human nature for he knew the way people think.

John 21:17

“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” he asked a third time. Peter was hurt that Jesus had asked him for the third time if he loved him. “Lord, you know everything. You know I love you,” Peter told him. “Take care of my sheep,” said Jesus.

Acts 1:18

(Judas had bought a field with his ill-gotten gains. There he fell down headfirst, and his body burst apart, spilling out all his intestines.

Acts 1:24

They prayed together and said, “Lord, you know everyone's thoughts. Please show us which of these two you have chosen

Acts 15:8

God, who knows what we're thinking, has shown that he accepts them, giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us.

Romans 3:20

For no one is made right before God by doing what the law requires. The law only helps us recognize what sin really is.

Romans 8:27

The one who examines the minds of everyone knows the Spirit's motives, because the Spirit pleads God's cause on behalf of the believers.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don't judge anything before the right time—when the Lord comes. He will bring to light all the darkest secrets that are hidden, and he will reveal people's motives. God will give everyone whatever praise they deserve.

1 Peter 3:4

instead let it come from within, the lasting attractiveness of a gentle and peaceful spirit on the inside. That's what God values.

1 Peter 5:5

Young people, do what the elders tell you. Indeed all of you should serve one another in humility, because “God is against the proud, but favors the humble.”

Revelation 2:23

I will put her children to death. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines thoughts and motives. I will repay each of you according to what you've done.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don't look at his outward appearance or how tall he is, because I have rejected him, for the Lord does not look as human beings do. Human beings only see with their eyes what's on the outside, but the Lord looks at the way people think deep inside.”