Proverbs 24:12 “If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weig…”

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

World English Bible

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not give to every man according to his work?

American Standard Version

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

Geneva Bible 1599

If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? and hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?

Darby Translation

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

Young's Literal Translation

When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

Bible in Basic English

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

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Cross references

“doth not he that”

Jeremiah 17:10 Revelation 2:23 Proverbs 21:2 1 Samuel 16:7 Ecclesiastes 5:8 Proverbs 5:21

Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Revelation 2:23 · BSB

Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Proverbs 21:2 · BSB

All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

1 Samuel 16:7 · BSB

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

Ecclesiastes 5:8 · BSB

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Proverbs 5:21 · BSB

For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

“that keepeth”

Psalm 121:8 Psalm 121:3 Daniel 5:23 1 Samuel 2:6 1 Samuel 25:29 Psalm 66:9

Psalm 121:8 · BSB

The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

Psalm 121:3 · BSB

He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

Daniel 5:23 · BSB

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and…

1 Samuel 2:6 · BSB

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

1 Samuel 25:29 · BSB

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sli…

Psalm 66:9 · BSB

He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.

“and shall”

Job 34:11 Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12 Matthew 16:27 Jeremiah 32:19 2 Corinthians 5:10

Job 34:11 · BSB

For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

Romans 2:6 · BSB

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

Psalm 62:12 · BSB

and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

Matthew 16:27 · BSB

For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

Jeremiah 32:19 · BSB

the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

2 Corinthians 5:10 · BSB

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

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