Jesus said to them, “Y’all are the ones who justify yourselves* in the sight of humans, but God knows y’all’s hearts. For what is highly esteemed by humans is detestable in the sight of God.
But YHWH said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but YHWH looks at the heart.”
If you say, “But we didn’t know this,” doesn’t ʜᴇ who weighs the hearts consider it? Doesn’t ʜᴇ who keeps your soul know it? Will he not render to every person according their work?
I will kill her children with death, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of y’all according to y’all’s works.