1 Samuel 15:14

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed; nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry.

David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’ ”

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul— and men praise you when you do well for yourself—

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

I said, “Should a man like me flee? Who is there that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings. He blesses the greedy and condemns Yahweh.

Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.

They don’t consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.

and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

“He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

They all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him,

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

that no flesh should boast before God.

I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled because you had heard that he was sick.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you have set by themselves, mean?”

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”