1 John 3:20

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For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

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  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but that does not make me innocent. The one who judges me is the Lord.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
  • Ps 139:1-4 : 1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. LORD, You have searched me and You know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue, You, LORD, know it completely.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
  • Job 27:6 : 6 I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
  • Job 33:12 : 12 But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.
  • Ps 44:20-21 : 20 You have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with deep darkness. 21 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
  • Ps 90:8 : 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 Can anyone hide in secret places where I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares the LORD.
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew all people. 25 He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in each person.
  • John 8:9 : 9 When they heard this, they began to leave one by one, starting with the older ones, until only Jesus was left with the woman standing there.
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • John 21:17 : 17 The third time, Jesus asked, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt that Jesus asked him a third time, 'Do you love me?' He said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my sheep.'
  • Acts 5:33 : 33 When they heard this, they were infuriated and wanted to kill them.
  • Rom 2:14-15 : 14 For when the Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things required by the law, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They demonstrate the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or even defending them.
  • Heb 6:13 : 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all. 25 The secrets of their heart are revealed, and they will fall facedown and worship God, exclaiming, 'God is truly among you!'
  • Titus 3:11 : 11 Knowing that such a person is warped, sinful, and self-condemned.

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    21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.

    22And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

    19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

  • 1 John 2:3-5
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    3We know that we have come to know Him if we keep His commandments.

    4Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.

    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

  • 1 John 1:5-10
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    5This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

    6If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

    7But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

    8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

    9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just, and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

    10If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.

    17In this, love has been made complete with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone loves God, they are known by Him.

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    31But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under judgment.

    32Nevertheless, when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • Rom 2:1-2
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    1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

  • 1 John 5:14-15
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    14This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

    15And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we already have what we have asked of Him.

  • Ps 44:21
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    21If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

  • John 3:18-19
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    18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is already condemned, because they have not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

    19This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  • 1 John 4:11-13
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    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 John 5:9
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    9If we accept human testimony, God’s testimony is greater, because it is the testimony of God which He has given about His Son.

  • 2 Cor 3:4
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    4Such confidence we have through Christ before God.

  • 1 John 4:8
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    8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.

  • 1 John 4:19
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    19We love because He first loved us.

  • Rom 2:15
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    15They demonstrate the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or even defending them.

  • 1 Cor 4:4
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    4I am not aware of anything against myself, but that does not make me innocent. The one who judges me is the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 5:11
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    11Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • Rom 3:6
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    6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

  • 1 John 5:3
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    3For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

  • Jer 17:9
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    9The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

  • 2 Cor 7:3
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    3I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you are in our hearts, to live together and to die together.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15Let all of us who are mature think this way. And if in anything you think differently, that too God will reveal to you.

  • Ps 139:23
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    23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

  • 1 John 3:5
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    5You know that He appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

  • 2 Cor 3:9
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    9For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness far exceeds it in glory.