Proverbs 24:12
Context| NETBible | If you say, “But we did not know about this,” does not the one who evaluates 1 hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds? 2 |
| XREF | 1Sa 2:6; 1Sa 16:7; 1Sa 25:29; Job 34:11; Ps 7:9; Ps 17:3; Ps 44:21; Ps 62:12; Ps 66:9; Ps 121:3,8; Pr 5:21; Pr 21:2; Ec 5:8; Jer 17:10; Jer 32:19; Da 5:23; Mt 16:27; Ac 17:28; Ro 2:6; Ro 2:16; 1Co 4:5; 2Co 5:10; Heb 4:12,13; Re 1:18; Re 2:18,23; Re 2:23; Re 20:12-15; Re 22:12 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “weighs” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV) meaning “tests” or “evaluates.” 2 sn The verse completes the saying by affirming that people will be judged responsible for helping those in mortal danger. The verse uses a series of rhetorical questions to affirm that God knows our hearts and we cannot plead ignorance. |
