Proverbs 15:11
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Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

hell

Proverbs 27:20 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

Job 26:6 Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.

Psalm 139:8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

Revelation 1:18 And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever and have the keys of death and of hell.

the hearts

2 Chronicles 6:30 Hear thou from heaven, from thy high dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every one according to his ways, which thou knowest him to have in his heart: for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:

Psalm 7:9 The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just

Psalm 44:21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

Jeremiah 17:10 I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

John 2:24,25 But Jesus did not trust himself unto them: for that he knew all men, . . .

John 21:17 He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say

Context
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath
10Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he that hateth reproof shall die. 11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?12A corrupt man loveth not one that reproveth him: nor will he go to the wise.…
Cross References
Acts 1:24
And praying, they said: Thou, Lord, who knowest the heart of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

Revelation 9:11
A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).

1 Samuel 16:7
And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

2 Chronicles 6:30
Hear thou from heaven, from thy high dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every one according to his ways, which thou knowest him to have in his heart: for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:

Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.

Psalm 44:21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

Psalm 139:8
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

Proverbs 15:10
Instruction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way of life: he that hateth reproof shall die.

Proverbs 17:3
As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

Lexicon
Sheol
שְׁא֣וֹל (šə·’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

and Abaddon
וַ֭אֲבַדּוֹן (wa·’ă·ḇad·dō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 11: Abaddon -- (place of) destruction or ruin, Abaddon

lie open before
נֶ֣גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

the LORD—
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

how much more
אַ֝֗ף (’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

the hearts
לִבּ֥וֹת (lib·bō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3826: The heart

of men!
אָדָֽם׃ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being


Additional Translations
Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; how shall not also be the hearts of men?

Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

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

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh-- how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.
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