11Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
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Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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.
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
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:)
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11)This confirms what was said (Prov. 15:3) concerning God’s omnipresence, in order to his judging of evil and good. 1. God knows all things, even those things that are hidden from the eyes of all living: Hell and destruction are before the Lord , not only the centre of the earth, and its subterraneous caverns, but the grave, and all the dead bodies which are there buried out of our sight; they are a…
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