Job 12:22

“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.”

For, behold, he who forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought; who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth: Yahweh, the God of Armies, is his name.”

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

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

“Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.

He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

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

“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

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

He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.

before I go where I will not return from, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

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.

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.

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.

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

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

“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,

Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.

though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the animals of the forest prowl.

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.

Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I can’t see him?” says Yahweh. “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says Yahweh.

It will happen in that day,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

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

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.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

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—

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.

Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

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.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”

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

I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

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

They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.

Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.

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

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

He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

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.” ’ ”

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

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.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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.

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

that he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

Man sets an end to darkness, and searches out, to the furthest bound, the stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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

even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,

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

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”