Luke 16:15

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

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

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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.

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);

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

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.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.

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.”

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

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;

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

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.

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

Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

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

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

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.

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

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

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.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,

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.

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

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.”

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

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

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

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

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

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

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

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.

We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

For the law produces wrath, for where there is no law, neither is there disobedience.

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

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.

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Why? Because they didn’t seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

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.

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

“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.”

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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.

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

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.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

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

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.

I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”

If any of the meat of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, and it shall not be credited to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.

Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.

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

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

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.

This is the destiny of those who are foolish, and of those who approve their sayings.

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

For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Put me in remembrance. Let us plead together. Declare your case, that you may be justified.

Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

“When you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most certainly, I tell you, they have received their reward.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”

They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”

But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?” Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, “Do you have affection for me?” He said to him, “Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

Now this man obtained a field with the reward for his wickedness, and falling headlong, his body burst open, and all his intestines gushed out.

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.