1 John 3:20

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1 John 3:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

19 And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:

20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

22 and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 27:6

I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

John 8:9

When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there.

Acts 5:33

When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.

Romans 2:14

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

Romans 2:15

So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

1 Corinthians 4:4

My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

1 Corinthians 14:24

But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,

1 Corinthians 14:25

and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

Titus 3:11

knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

1 John 4:4

You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Job 33:12

Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

John 10:29

My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

Hebrews 6:13

When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

Psalms 44:20

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

Psalms 44:21

would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Psalms 90:8

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Psalms 139:1

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

Psalms 139:2

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

Psalms 139:3

You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

Psalms 139:4

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Jeremiah 23:24

“Can a man 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

But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

John 2:25

He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

John 21:17

Jesus 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 to him, “Feed My sheep.

Hebrews 4:13

Nothing 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.

Revelation 2:23

Then 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.