After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.
Psalm 7:10 - King James 2000 My defense is with God, who saves the upright in heart. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My defence is of God, Which saveth the upright in heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My defense and shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart. American Standard Version (1901) My shield is with God, Who saveth the upright in heart. Common English Bible God is my shield; he saves those whose heart is right. Catholic Public Domain Version The wickedness of sinners will be consumed, and you will direct the just: the examiner of hearts and temperaments is God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought: and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. |
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.
And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
Then hear from heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you alone know the hearts of the children of men:)
If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
His descendants shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
But you, O LORD, are a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the blameless shall remain in it.
Whosoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause.
I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.