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Psalms 73:11
Psalms 73:11 is verse 11 of Psalms chapter 73, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
King James Version
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
World English Bible
They say, “How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”
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Psalms 73:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
11 The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
12 Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 73:9They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut across the earth.
Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Psalms 94:7They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Job 22:14Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
Ezekiel 8:12“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
Psalms 44:21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Psalms 139:1O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Psalms 139:2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Psalms 139:3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Psalms 139:4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
Psalms 139:5You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Hosea 7:2But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.