Genesis 18:15
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But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
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He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”