John 1:48

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

He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.

Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.

Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;

Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

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

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

But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?

I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

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

Yahweh says: “The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you, and they will be yours. They will go after you. They shall come over in chains. They will bow down to you. They will make supplication to you: ‘Surely God is in you; and there is no one else. There is no other god.

Yahweh of Armies says: “In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ ”

so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

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.

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

For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

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

Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.

You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

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

After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

Peter sent them all out, and knelt down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

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.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

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—

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

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

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.

Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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

It will happen that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

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

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.

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.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

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.

For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

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.’

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.

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

For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”

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

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.

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.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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.

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

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.

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

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

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.

And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed. So he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.