Proverbs 24:12
10 If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
11 Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
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?
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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?
- KJV
- 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?
- WEB
- 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?
- ASV
- 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?
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- If you say, “Behold we did not know this,” does not the One weighing hearts Himself know [it], and the One watching over your soul Himself know it? And He has rendered to each man according to his work.
- ÅB
- Når du sier: Se, vi visste ikke noe om det, mon da ikke han skjønner det, han som veier hjertene, og han som gir akt på din sjel, mon ikke han vet det og gjengjelder enhver etter hans gjerninger?
- OTB
- Hvis du sier, «Vi visste ikke dette,» merker ikke han som veier hjertet det? Vet ikke han som vokter ditt liv det? Vil han ikke gjengjelde alle etter deres gjerninger?
- B1930
- Når du sier: Se, vi visste ikke noget om det, mon da ikke han skjønner det, han som veier hjertene, og han som gir akt på din sjel, mon ikke han vet det og gjengjelder enhver efter hans gjerninger?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 34:11
For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Read in contextRevelation 2:23
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.
Read in contextRomans 2:6
God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
Read in context1 Samuel 16:7
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.”
Read in contextPsalms 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Read in contextProverbs 21:2
All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Read in contextPsalms 121:3
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
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