Proverbs 24:12

12  If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”

does not he who dweighs the heart perceive it?

Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,

and will he not repay man eaccording to his work?

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“I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

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“You will repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

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The LORD has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him according to his deeds.

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For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

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He will render to each one according to his works:

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.


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