Jeremiah 11:20

You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

“Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as it is today.”

Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’

Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.

In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Lord, open my lips. My mouth will declare your praise.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.

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.

Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.

then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

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.

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

He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

They will no longer each teach his neighbor, and every man teach his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh;’ for they will all know me, from their least to their greatest,” says Yahweh: “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

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

But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

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

But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so it was well, then. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

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.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

Yahweh, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.

Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

You will pay them back, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May Yahweh look at it, and repay it.”

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,

Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?

They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds,

When he was cursed, he didn’t curse back. When he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously.

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”