Psalms 33:15

You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didn’t make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding?”

“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.”

“House of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter?” says Yahweh. “Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Woe to him who strives with his Maker— a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, ‘What are you making?’ or your work, ‘He has no hands?’

Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?

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

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

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.

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

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.

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

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.

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.

Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile on the counsel of the wicked?

You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

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

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

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

This also comes out from Yahweh of Armies, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, Yahweh, are our Father. Our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.

Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

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.

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”

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

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

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 as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

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 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),

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.”

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.”

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.

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

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Yahweh will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.

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

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

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

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

Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

Yahweh says to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish them for their sins.”

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

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.

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;

“Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?

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

You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

what then will I do when God rises up? When he visits, what will I answer him?

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

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

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

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

Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.

and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

“ ‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.

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

Therefore he takes knowledge of their works. He overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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?

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”

But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.

You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

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.

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.