Luke 16:15

Tree of Life Version

But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that You search the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. With integrity of heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here willingly contribute to You.

2 Chronicles 6:30

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place and forgive. May You give to every man according to all his ways, as You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of the children of men—

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.

Psalm 49:13

But the pompous man will not endure— he is like the beasts that perish.

Psalm 49:18

For when he dies he takes nothing away. His splendor will not follow him down.

Psalm 7:9

Adonai judges the peoples. Vindicate me, Adonai, according to my righteousness and integrity in me.

Proverbs 16:5

Adonai abhors all the proud in heart. Be assured, they will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man proclaims his loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 21:2

All a man’s ways seem right in his own eyes, but Adonai weighs the heart.

Jeremiah 17:10

I Adonai search the heart, I try the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

Malachi 3:15

So now we are calling the proud blessed. Those who practice iniquity are built up. Indeed, they have tested God, and escaped!”

Matthew 23:5

All their works they do to be noticed by men. They make their tefillin wide and their tzitziyot long.

Matthew 6:16

“And whenever you fast, do not become sad-faced like the hypocrites, for they neglect their faces to make their fasting evident to men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!

Matthew 6:2

So whenever you do tzadakah, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full!

Luke 10:29

But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”

Luke 11:39

But the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘O God, I thank You that I am not like other people—thieving, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man, rather than the other, went down to his home declared righteous. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:21

The man said, “All these I have kept since my youth.”

Luke 18:9

Then Yeshua spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, while holding others in contempt.

Luke 20:20

Now they watched Him and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order to trap Him in His words so they could hand Him over to the power and authority of the governor.

Luke 20:47

They devour widows’ houses and make long prayers as a show. These men will receive greater condemnation!”

John 2:25

He did not need anyone to testify about man, for He knew what was in man.

John 21:17

He said to him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him for a third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You!” Yeshua said to him, “Feed My sheep!”

Acts 1:18

(Now this man Judah bought a field with the reward of his wickedness. Falling headfirst, he burst open in the middle and his intestines splattered out.

Acts 1:24

And they prayed and said, “You, O Lord, who knows the hearts of all men, show us which of these two You have chosen

Acts 15:8

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving them the Ruach ha-Kodesh—just as He also did for us.

Romans 3:20

For no human, on the basis of Torah observance, will be set right in His sight—for through the Torah comes awareness of sin.

Romans 8:27

And He who searches the hearts knows the mind of the Ruach, because He intercedes for the kedoshim according to the will of God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not judge anything before the time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and also make clear the motives of the hearts. Then the praise for each one will come from God.

1 Peter 3:4

Instead let it be in the hidden person of the heart, with the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Revelation 2:23

I will also strike her children with a deadly disease. Then all of Messiah’s communities will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your deeds.

1 Samuel 16:7

But Adonai said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have already refused him. For He does not see a man as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but Adonai looks into the heart.”