Sin: Known to God

“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.

When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying,

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face? …

If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.

He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

…would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.

I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. …

Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.

For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

Rise, let us go! See, My betrayer is approaching!”

But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband. …

…but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)

For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.