Who can search out our crimes? We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.” For the human heart and mind are deep.
and when he heard me raise my voice and cry out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.”
They think in their heart, “God has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.
Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they named lands their own.
For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are destruction; their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues.
The purposes in the human mind are like deep water, but the intelligent will draw them out.
Woe to those who hide a plan too deep for the Lord, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”
Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death,
The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has claimed to be the Son of God.”
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.
Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub;
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘David seeks to do you harm’?
But Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.