Proverbs 24:12
When you say, “Behold, we did not know this.” Is the Ponderer of hearts not He who understands? And the Keeper of your soul He who knows? And He has rendered to man according to his work.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11If [from] delivering those taken to death, || And you take back those slipping to the slaughter.
13My son, eat honey that [is] good, || And the honeycomb [is] sweet to your palate.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7And YHWH says to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance, and at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for [it is] not as man sees—for man looks at the eyes, and YHWH looks at the heart.”
Job 34:11For He repays the work of man to him, || And according to the path of each He causes him to find.
Psalms 17:3You have proved my heart, || You have inspected by night, || You have tried me, You find nothing; My thoughts do not pass over my mouth.
Psalms 62:12And with You, O Lord, [is] kindness, || For You repay to each, || According to his work!
Psalms 121:3He does not permit your foot to be moved, || He who is preserving you does not slumber.
Proverbs 5:21For the ways of each are before the eyes of YHWH, || And He is pondering all his paths.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:12-13
Pleasure and Advantages of Wisdom. 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? Here is, 1. A great duty required of us, and that is to appear for the relief of oppressed innocency. If we see the lives or livelihoods of any in danger of being taken away… Read the whole commentary →