11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
11 Hell H7585 and destruction H11 are before the LORD: H3068 how much more then the hearts H3826 of the children H1121 of men? H120
11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah: How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
11 Sheol and destruction `are' before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.
11 Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
11 Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh-- How much more then the hearts of the children of men!
11 Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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Commentary on Proverbs 15 Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
We take these verses together as forming a group which begins with a proverb regarding the good and evil which flows from the tongue, and closes with a proverb regarding the treasure in which blessing is found, and that in which no blessing is found.
Proverbs 15:1
1 A soft answer turneth away wrath,
And a bitter word stirreth up anger.
In the second line, the common word for anger ( אף , from the breathing with the nostrils, Proverbs 14:17) is purposely placed, but in the first, that which denotes anger in the highest degree ( חמה from יחם , cogn. חמם , Arab. hamiya , to glow, like שׁנה from ישׁן ): a mild, gentle word turns away the heat of anger ( excandescentiam ), puts it back, cf. Proverbs 25:15. The Dagesh in רּך follows the rule of the דחיק , i.e. , of the close connection of a word terminating with the accented eh, aah, ah with the following word ( Michlol 63b). The same is the meaning of the Latin proverb:
Frangitur ira gravis
Quando est responsio suavis