Proverbs 15:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
  • 2 Chr 6:30 : 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
  • Job 26:6 : 6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • Ps 139:8 : 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
  • Prov 27:20 : 20 ¶ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  • Jer 17:10 : 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.
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men], 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
  • John 21:17 : 17 He saith unto him the third time, ‹Simon,› [son] ‹of Jonas, lovest thou me?› Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, ‹Feed my sheep.›
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Rev 1:18 : 18 [I am] ‹he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.›
  • Rev 2:23 : 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.›
  • Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

  • 20 ¶ Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  • 24 ¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 15:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 ¶ The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

    10 ¶ Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

  • 3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Jer 17:9-10
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    72%

    9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    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.

  • 12 ¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • 20 ¶ They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.

  • 3 ¶ The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

  • 15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.

  • 3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?

  • 12 ¶ Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.

  • 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • Prov 6:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

    16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:

  • 16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:

  • 27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

  • 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.

  • 15 ¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

  • Ps 14:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 ¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good.

    2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.

  • 8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

  • 1 ¶ The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

  • 3 This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

  • 21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

  • 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.

  • 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

  • 15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

  • 3 ¶ The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  • 29 ¶ The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

  • 16 How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  • 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

  • 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  • 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

  • 18 ¶ Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

  • 13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  • 15 ¶ Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

  • 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?

  • 26 ¶ The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.

  • 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.

  • 1 ¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

  • 9 ¶ A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

  • 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

  • 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth [wood] upon the earth.