EXODUS 20:16; DEUT. 5:20
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
LEVITICUS 19:11
Do not lie. Do not
deceive one another.
NUMBERS 32:23
Your sin will find you out.
DEUTERONOMY 32:35
It is mine to avenge; I will repay.
1 SAMUEL 2:3
The Lord is a God who knows,
and by him are
deeds weighed.
1 SAMUEL 16:7
The Lord does not look at the things man looks at.
Man looks at the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks at the heart.
1 SAMUEL 24:13
“From evildoers come evil deeds."
2 SAMUEL 11:27 [Secret Sin]
But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
2 SAMUEL 12:9
Why did you [David] despise the word of the Lord
by doing what is evil in his eyes?
2 SAMUEL 13:16
Amnon and
Tamar
“Sending me away would be a greater wrong
than what you have already done to me.”
1 KINGS 8:39
Deal with each man according to all he does,
since you know his heart
(for you alone know the hearts of all men)
1 KINGS 14:22
…did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
1 CHRONICLES 28:9
…acknowledge God…,
and serve him with wholehearted
devotion and a willing mind,
for the Lord searches every heart
and understands
every motive
behind the thoughts.
1 CHRONICLES 29:17
I know, my God, that you test the heart
and are pleased
with integrity.
JOB 4:8
As I have observed, those who plow
evil
and those who sow
trouble reap it.
JOB 11:11
Surely he recognizes deceitful men;
and when he sees
evil, does he not take note?
JOB 28:24
He views the ends of the earth
and sees everything under heaven.
JOB 28:28
The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom,
and to shun evil is understanding.
JOB 34:11,21-22
(11)
He repays a man for what he has done;
he brings upon him
what his conduct deserves.
(21-22)
His eyes are on the ways of men;
he sees their
every step.
There is no dark place, no deep shadow,
where evildoers
can hide.
PSALM 7:9
O righteous God,
who searches minds
and hearts
PSALM 10:11-14
He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
he covers his face
and never sees.”
Arise, Lord! Lift up
your hand, O God.
Do not forget the
helpless.
Why does the wicked man revile God?
Why does he say to
himself,
“He won’t call me
to account”?
But you, O God, do see trouble and grief;
you consider it to
take it in hand.
The victim commits himself to you;
you are the helper
of the fatherless.
PSALM 11:4-5,7
He observes the sons of men;
his eyes examine
them.
The Lord examines the righteous,
but the wicked and
those who love violence
his soul hates…
For the Lord is righteous,
he loves justice.
PSALM 17:4
O Lord, by your hand save me from such men,
from men of this
world whose reward is in this life.
PSALM 18:21,
46-47
(21)
For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I have not done
evil by turning from my God.
(46-47)
The Lord lives!
Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my
Savior!
He is the God who avenges me
PSALM 31:5
O Lord, the God of truth
PSALM 33:13-15
From heaven the Lord looks down
and sees all
mankind;
from his dwelling place he watches
all who live on
earth –
he who forms the hearts of all,
who considers
everything they do.
PSALM 34:13-16
…keep your tongue from evil
and your lips
from speaking lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and
pursue it.
The eyes of the Lord are on the
righteous
and his ears are
attentive to their cry;
the face of the Lord is against those who do evil
(1 Peter 3:10-12)
PSALM 36:1-4
An oracle is within my heart
concerning the
wicked:
There is no fear of God
before his eyes.
For in his own eyes he flatters himself
too much to detect
or hate his sin.
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
he has ceased to
be wise and to do good.
Even on his bed he plots evil;
he commits himself
to a sinful course
and does not
reject what is wrong.
PSALM 37:1-2,7-8
(1-2)
Do not fret because of evil men
or be envious of
those who do wrong
(7-8)
Be still before the Lord and wait
patiently for him
do not fret when
men succeed in their ways,
when they carry
out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret – it
leads only to evil.
PSALM 44:21
He knows the secrets of the heart
PSALM 51:4
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is
evil in your sight.
PSALM 52:2-3
Your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a
sharpened razor,
you who practice
deceit.
You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather
than speaking the truth.
PSALM 55:12-14,19-22
(12-14)
If an enemy were insulting me,
I could endure it;
if a foe were raising himself against me,
I could hide from
him.
But it is you, a man like myself,
my companion, my
close friend,
with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship
as we walked with
the throng at the
house of God.
(19-22)
God, who is enthroned forever,
will hear them and
afflict them –
men who never change their ways
and have no fear
of God.
My companion attacks his friends;
he violates his
covenant.
His speech is smooth as butter,
yet war is in his
heart;
his words are more soothing than oil,
yet they are drawn
swords.
PSALM 62:11-12
One thing God has spoken,
two things have I
heard:
that you, O God, are strong,
and that you, O
Lord, are loving.
Surely you will reward each person
according to what
he has done.
PSALM 64:7-8
But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly they will
be struck down.
He will turn their own tongues against them
and bring them to
ruin
PSALM 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, from the hand
of the wicked,
from the grasp of
evil and cruel men.
PSALM 75:7
It is God who judges
PSALM 94:7-11,23
(7-11)
They say “The Lord does not see;
the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Take heed, you senseless ones
among the people;
you fools, when
will you become wise?
Does he who implanted the ear not hear?
Does he who formed
the eye not see?
Does he who disciplines nations not punish?
Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?
The Lord knows the thoughts of man;
he knows that they
are futile.
(23)
He will repay them for their sins
PSALM 97:10
Let those who love the Lord hate evil
PSALM 109:2-5,21-22
(2-5)
for wicked and deceitful men
have opened their
mouths against me;
they have spoken
against me with
lying tongues.
With words of hatred they surround me;
they attack me
without cause.
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of
prayer.
They repay me evil for good,
and hate me for my
friendship.
(21-22)
But you, O Sovereign Lord,
deal well with me for
your name’s sake;
out of the goodness
of your love,
deliver
me.
For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is
wounded within me.
PSALM 120:1-2
I call on the Lord in my distress,
and he answers me.
Save me, O Lord, from lying lips
and from deceitful
tongues.
PSALM 129:4
The Lord is righteous;
he has cut me free
from the cords
of the wicked.
PSALM 141:3-4
Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord;
keep watch over
the door of my lips.
Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil,
to take part in
wicked deeds
with men who are evildoers;
let me not eat of
their delicacies.
PROVERBS 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of knowledge,
but fools despise
wisdom and discipline.
PROVERBS 2:12-15
Wisdom will save you from the ways
of wicked men,
from men whose
words are perverse,
who leave the straight paths
to walk in dark ways,
who delight in doing wrong
and rejoice in the
perverseness of evil,
whose paths are crooked
and who are
devious in their ways.
PROVERBS 3:7
fear the Lord and shun evil.
PROVERBS 5:21-22
A man’s ways are in full view of the
Lord,
and he examines
all his paths.
The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him;
the cords of his
sin hold him fast.
PROVERBS 6:16-19
There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are
detestable to him:
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed
innocent blood,
a heart that
devises wicked
schemes,
feet that are
quick to rush into evil,
a false witness
who pours out lies,
and a man who
stirs up dissension
among brothers.
PROVERBS 8:13
To fear the Lord is to hate evil;
I hate pride and
arrogance,
evil behavior and
perverse speech.
PROVERBS 10:9,29
(9)
The man of integrity walks securely,
but he who takes
crooked paths
will be found out.
(29)
The way of the Lord is a refuge for
the righteous,
but it is the ruin
of those who do
evil.
PROVERBS 11:20-21
The Lord detests men of perverse
heart…
Be sure of this: The
wicked will not
go unpunished,
but those who are
righteous will go
free.
PROVERBS 12:22
The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in
men who are truthful.
PROVERBS 14:2
He whose walk is upright fears the Lord,
but he whose ways
are devious
despises him.
PROVERBS 15:3,9,11,26
(3)
The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
keeping watch on
the wicked and the good.
(9)
The Lord detests the way of the wicked
(11)
Death and Destruction lie open
before the Lord –
how much more the
hearts of men!
(26)
The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked
PROVERBS 16:2
All a man’s ways seem innocent to him,
but motives are
weighed by the Lord.
PROVERBS 17:3
…the Lord tests the heart.
PROVERBS 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent –
the Lord detests
them both.
PROVERBS 19:5
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who pours
out lies will not go free.
PROVERBS 20:22,27
(22)
Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!”
Wait for the Lord,
and he will deliver you.
(27)
The lamp of the Lord searches the spirit of a man;
it searches out
his inmost being.
PROVERBS 21:2
All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord
weighs the heart.
PROVERBS 24:12, 28
(12)
If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
does not he who
weighs the
heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay
each person
according to what he has done?
(28)
Do not testify against your neighbor
without cause,
or use your lips
to deceive.
PROVERBS 26:23-26
Like a coating of glaze over earthenware
are fervent lips
with an evil heart.
A malicious man disguises himself
with his lips,
but in his heart
he harbors deceit.
Though his speech is charming, do
not believe him,
for seven
abominations fill his heart.
His malice may be concealed by deception,
but his wickedness
will be exposed
in the assembly.
PROVERBS 28:13-14
He who conceals his sin does not prosper,
but whoever
confesses and
renounces them finds mercy.
Blessed is the man who always fears the Lord,
but he who hardens
his heart falls
into trouble.
ECCLESIASTES 3:17
God will bring to judgment
both the righteous
and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time for every
deed.
ECCLESIASTES 12:13-14
Now all has been heard;
here is the
conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the
whole duty of man.
For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every
hidden thing,
whether it is good
or evil.
ISAIAH 1:16-17
Take your evil deeds
out of my sight!
Stop doing wrong,
learn to do right!
ISAIAH 5:20
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.
ISAIAH 28:15-17
“When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by,
it cannot touch
us,
for we have made a lie our refuge,
and falsehood our
hiding place.”
So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;
the one who trusts
will never be dismayed.
I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness
the plumb line;
hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
and water will
overflow your hiding place.”
ISAIAH 29:15-16
Woe to those who go to great depths
to hide their
plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
“Who sees us? Who will know?”
You turn things upside down,
as if the potter
were thought to be
like the clay!
Shall what is formed say to him who
formed it,
“He did not make
me”?
Can the pot say of the potter,
“He knows
nothing”?
ISAIAH 30:18
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
he rises to show
you compassion.
For the Lord is a God
of justice.
Blessed are all
who wait for him!
ISAIAH 40:10
See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power,
and his recompense accompanies him.
ISAIAH 48:22
“There is no peace,” says the Lord,
“for the wicked.”
ISAIAH 59:3,4,6,7,8
(3)
Your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongue
mutters wicked things.
(4)
They rely on empty arguments and
speak lies;
they conceive
trouble and give
birth to evil.
(6)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of
violence are in their hands.
(7)
Their thoughts are evil thoughts
(8)
The way of peace they do not know;
there is no
justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;
no one who walks
in them will know peace.
ISAIAH 59:18
According to what they have done,
so he will repay
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to
his foes.
JEREMIAH 5:12, 21-22
(12)
They have lied about the
Lord;
they said, “He
will do nothing!
No harm will come to us”
(21-22)
“Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes but
do not see,
who have ears but
do not hear:
Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord.
“Should you not
tremble in my presence?”
JEREMIAH 9:3
“They make ready their tongue
like a bow, to
shoot lies;
it is not by truth
that they triumph
in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
they do not
acknowledge me,”
declares
the Lord.
JEREMIAH 11:20
O Lord Almighty, you who judge
righteously
and test the heart
and mind
JEREMIAH 12:3
You know me, O Lord;
you see me and
test my
thoughts about you.
JEREMIAH 17:10
“I the Lord search the heart
and examine the
mind,
to reward a man according to his conduct,
according to what
his deeds
deserve.”
JEREMIAH 20:12
O Lord Almighty, you who examine
the righteous
and probe the
heart and mind
JEREMIAH 23:23-24
“Am I only a God nearby,”
declares
the Lord,
“and not a God far
away?
Can anyone hide in secret places
so that I cannot
see him?”
declares
the Lord,
“Do I not fill heaven and earth?”
declares
the Lord.
JEREMIAH 25:14
I will repay them according to their deeds
and the work of their hands.
JEREMIAH 29:23
“I know it and am a witness to it,”
declares
the Lord.
JEREMIAH 32:19
Your eyes are open to all the ways
of men;
you reward everyone according to his conduct
and as his deeds deserve.
JEREMIAH 51:56
The Lord is a God of retribution;
he will repay in
full.
EZEKIEL 33:11
Turn!
Turn from your evil ways!
EZEKIEL 34:16
I will shepherd the flock with justice.
HOSEA 7:1-2
They practice deceit…
but they do not realize
that I remember
all their evil deeds.
Their sins engulf them;
they are always
before me.
HOSEA 10:12-13
Sow for yourselves righteousness,
reap the fruit of
unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;
for it is time to
seek the Lord,
until he comes
and showers
righteousness on you.
but you have planted wickedness,
you have reaped
evil,
you have eaten the
fruit of deception.
MICAH 2:1
Woe to those who plan iniquity,
to those who plot
evil on their beds!
MICAH 6:8
He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the
Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly
with your God.
ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
“These are the things you are to do:
Speak the truth to each other,
and render true and sound judgments
in your courts;
do not plot evil against your neighbor,
and do not love to swear falsely.
I hate all this,”
declares the Lord.
MALACHI 3:16
Then those who feared the Lord
talked with each other,
and the Lord listened and heard.
A scroll of remembrance was written
in his presence
concerning those who feared the Lord
and honored his name
