Proverbs 24:12

New International Reader's Version

Don’t say, “But we didn’t know anything about this.” Doesn’t the God who knows what you are thinking see it? Doesn’t the God who guards your life know it? He will pay back everyone for what they have done.

Cross References

Job 34:11

He pays back everyone for what they’ve done. He gives them exactly what they should get.

Psalm 121:3

He won’t let your foot slip. He who watches over you won’t get tired.

Psalm 121:8

The Lord will watch over your life no matter where you go, both now and forever.

Psalm 17:3

Look deep down into my heart. Study me carefully at night and test me. You won’t find anything wrong. I have planned nothing evil. My mouth has not said sinful things.

Psalm 44:21

If we had, God would have discovered it. He knows the secrets of our hearts.

Psalm 62:12

The other is that your love, Lord, never ends. You will reward everyone in keeping with what they have done.

Psalm 66:9

He has kept us alive. He has kept our feet from slipping.

Psalm 7:9

God, you always do what is right. You look deep down inside the hearts and minds of people. Bring to an end the terrible things sinful people do. Make godly people safe.

Psalm 94:9

Does he who made the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?

Proverbs 12:14

Many good things come from what people say. And the work of their hands rewards them.

Proverbs 16:2

Everything a person does might seem pure to them. But the Lord knows why they do what they do.

Proverbs 21:2

A person might think their own ways are right. But the Lord knows what they are thinking.

Proverbs 5:21

The Lord watches your ways. He studies all your paths.

Proverbs 5:22

Sinners are trapped by their own evil acts. They are held tight by the ropes of their sins.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Suppose you see poor people being mistreated somewhere. And what is being done to them isn’t right or fair. Don’t be surprised by that. One official is watched by a higher one. Officials who are even higher are watching both of them.

Jeremiah 17:10

The Lord says, “I look deep down inside human hearts. I see what is in people’s minds. I reward each person in keeping with their conduct. I bless them based on what they have done.”

Jeremiah 32:19

Your purposes are great. Your acts are mighty. Your eyes see everything people do. You reward each one of them in keeping with their conduct. You do this based on what they have done.

Lamentations 3:36

When people don’t treat someone fairly, the Lord knows it.

Daniel 5:23

You have taken your stand against the Lord of heaven. You had your servants bring cups from his temple to you. You and your nobles drank wine from them. So did your wives and concubines. You praised your gods. The statues of those gods are made out of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood or stone. They can’t see or hear or understand anything. But you didn’t honor God. He holds in his hand your very life and everything you do.

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory. His angels will come with him. And he will reward everyone in keeping with what they have done.

Acts 17:28

‘In him we live and move and exist.’ As some of your own poets have also said, ‘We are his children.’

Romans 2:16

This will happen on the day God appoints Jesus Christ to judge people’s secret thoughts. That’s part of my good news.

Romans 2:6

God “will pay back each person in keeping with what they have done.” (Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12)

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don’t judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord returns. He will bring to light what is hidden in the dark. He will show the real reasons why people do what they do. At that time each person will receive their praise from God.

2 Corinthians 5:10

We must all stand in front of Christ to be judged. Each one of us will be judged for what we do while in our bodies. We’ll be judged for the good things and the bad things. Then each of us will receive what we are supposed to get.

Revelation 1:18

I am the Living One. I was dead. But now look! I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys to Death and Hell.

Revelation 2:18

“Here is what I command you to write to the church in Thyatira. Here are the words of the Son of God. He is Jesus, whose eyes are like blazing fire. His feet are like polished bronze. He says,

Revelation 2:23

I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I search hearts and minds. I will pay each of you back for what you have done.

Revelation 22:12

“Look! I am coming soon! I bring my rewards with me. I will reward each person for what they have done.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider how handsome or tall he is. I have not chosen him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outside of a person. But the Lord looks at what is in the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:3

“Don’t keep talking so proudly. Don’t let your mouth say such proud things. The Lord is a God who knows everything. He judges everything people do.

1 Samuel 2:6

“The Lord causes people to die. He also gives people life. He brings people down to the grave. He also brings people up from death.

1 Samuel 25:29

Someone may chase you and try to kill you. But the Lord your God will keep your life safe like a treasure hidden in a bag. And he’ll destroy your enemies. Their lives will be thrown away, just as a stone is thrown from a sling.