¹¹ Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

²¹ Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

³⁰ Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)

⁸ If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

⁶ The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.

²³ And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

¹⁸ And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.

¹³ And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

¹⁷ He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.

²⁴ But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all.

²⁵ He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

¹⁰ I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

²⁰ The underworld and Abaddon are never full, and the eyes of man have never enough.

⁹ O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.