September 17: Numbers 16:5; Psalm 1:6; Psalm 38:9; Psalm 139:23–24; Psalm 142:3; Proverbs 21:2; Matthew 6:4; Romans 8:27; 2 Timothy 2:19; 1 John 4:18; 2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 30:5; Isaiah 25:8; John 16:33; Romans 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4; 1 Thessalonians 4:17–18; Revelation 21:4 - a podcast by Crossway

The Lord weighs the heart.

The Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.—“The Lord will show who is his, and who is holy.”—“Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!—There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.—O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.—When my spirit faints within me, you know my way!—He who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

Numbers 16:5 (Listen)

5 and he said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the LORD will show who is his,¹ and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him.

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Psalm 1:6 (Listen)

6   for the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.

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Psalm 38:9 (Listen)

9   O Lord, all my longing is before you;
    my sighing is not hidden from you.

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Psalm 139:23–24 (Listen)

23   Search me, O God, and know my heart!
    Try me and know my thoughts!¹
24   And see if there be any grievous way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting!²

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Psalm 142:3 (Listen)

3   When my spirit faints within me,
    you know my way!
  In the path where I walk
    they have hidden a trap for me.

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Proverbs 21:2 (Listen)

2   Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the LORD weighs the heart.

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Matthew 6:4 (Listen)

4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Romans 8:27 (Listen)

27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because¹ the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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2 Timothy 2:19 (Listen)

19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

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1 John 4:18 (Listen)

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

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Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

That no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction.—“In me you… have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

When I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.—The night is far gone; the day is at hand.—He dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.—“Death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”—We who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

2 Samuel 23:4 (Listen)

4   he dawns on them like the morning light,
    like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
    like rain¹ that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

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Psalm 17:15 (Listen)

15   As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
    when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

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Psalm 30:5 (Listen)

5   For his anger is but for a moment,
    and his favor is for a lifetime.¹
  Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but joy comes with the morning.

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Isaiah 25:8 (Listen)

8     He will swallow up death forever;
  and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces,
    and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
    for the LORD has spoken.

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John 16:33 (Listen)

33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

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Romans 13:12 (Listen)

12 The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

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1 Thessalonians 3:3–4 (Listen)

3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

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1 Thessalonians 4:17–18 (Listen)

17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

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Revelation 21:4 (Listen)

4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

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