1 John 3:20
For if our heart condemneth us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Webster 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 by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
21Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, then have we confidence towards 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 stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Psalms 139:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me .
Jeremiah 23:24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
John 8:9And they who heard it , being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
John 21:17He saith to him the third time, Simon son of Jonas, 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. Jesus 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 →