Luke 20:23

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

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

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

Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

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.

Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

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

Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.

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

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

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

Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’ ”

For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise. I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”

We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”

because all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I worked in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

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.”

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 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)

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

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

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

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

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

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.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

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.

Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”

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 he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn’t consider it.

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.

They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.

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

because they have done foolish things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn’t command them. I am he who knows, and am witness,” says Yahweh.

Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.

When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.

You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

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?

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,

but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland.

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

“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.

Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

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.

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

Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.

lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.

Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

He said to them, “Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?

They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

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.

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He has taken the wise in their craftiness.”

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.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood.

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.

Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

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.