TSK · 1 Samuel 2:3

“El, God, the LORD! El, God, the LORD! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the LORD, don’t spare us today!

But the LORD said to Samuel,“Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

Our Lord is great and has awesome power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”

As for teqel– you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.