Matthew 22:18

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged.

“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.

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.

A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Yahweh, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be disappointed. Those who depart from me will be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Yahweh, the spring of living waters.

They sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

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

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?

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.”

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

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

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

“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.”

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.

“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.

Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear,

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.

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)

I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

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

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

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?

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

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

“But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?

Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

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

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

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.

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.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.

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.

Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’

Judah is a lion’s cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

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?”

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;

When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes, and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.”

God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

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

The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh.

They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.

Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

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

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

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

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

But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

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

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.”

Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey speedily, that nothing may be lacking for them.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

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.

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

In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

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.”

Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?

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.”

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.

You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.