1 John 3:20
because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
In Context
19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
Cross References
Job 27:6My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
Psalms 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Psalms 139:1O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
John 8:9And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, 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.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:15-20
Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 80.) 14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from… Read the whole commentary →