1 John 3:20
because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
In Context
19And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have confidence toward God;
Cross References
Job 27:6I will hold fast my innocence, and not let it go; My heart reproacheth me for no part of my life.
Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,
Psalms 139:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” O LORD! thou hast searched me and known me!
Jeremiah 23:24Can any one hide himself in secret places, So that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah; Do I nor fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
John 8:9And when they heard this, they went out one by one, beginning with the oldest; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman who was in the midst.
John 21:17He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he 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 saith to 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 →