Proverbs 24:12 · KJV
“If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider {it}? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth {not} he know {it}? and shall {not} he render to {every} man according to his works?”
— Proverbs 24:12
If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;
My son, eat thou honey, because {it is} good; and the honeycomb, {which is} sweet to thy taste: {to...: Heb. upon thy palate}
Proverbs 24 — Context
{If} thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength {is} small. {small: Heb. narrow}
11If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;
12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider {it}? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth {not} he know {it}? and shall {not} he render to {every} man according to his works?
13My son, eat thou honey, because {it is} good; and the honeycomb, {which is} sweet to thy taste: {to...: Heb. upon thy palate}
14So {shall} the knowledge of wisdom {be} unto thy soul: when thou hast found {it}, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Cross References
Job 34:11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to {his} ways.
Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, {I} try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, {and} according to the fruit of his doings.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for {the LORD seeth} not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. {outward...: Heb. eyes}
Psalms 121:8
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man {is} right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Romans 2:6
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for {he that is} higher than the highest regardeth; and {there be} higher than they. {at the... Heb. at the will, or, purpose}