Proverbs 15:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how much more the hearts of men!Or Death and Destruction

KJV

Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

WEB

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

ASV

Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah; How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

LSV

Sheol and destruction [are] before YHWH, || Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

YLT

Sheol and destruction [are] before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

DBY

Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

DRC

Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

GNV

Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the sonnes of men?

JPS

The nether-world and Destruction are before the LORD; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

LXXE

Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; how shall not also be the hearts of men?

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Original-language editions

WLC

שְׁא֣וֹל וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹן נֶ֣גֶד יְהוָ֑ה אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לִבּ֥וֹת בְּֽנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ· πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ αἱ καρδίαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
• Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
• Psalms 139:8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
• Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
• 2 Chronicles 6:30be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
• Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Revelation 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
• Psalms 7:9Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
• John 21:17Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said…
• John 2:24–25But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all. He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

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