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1 Kings 8:39

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, [even] thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

1 Kings 8:39 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 8:39

Theological / Devotional

Thou knowest. Only God really knows the heart. Many men have little or no understanding of the evils of their own hearts, and the ills they are bringing upon themselves and the world about them as a result of the sin that is lurking there. God knows the heart, and He knows how to change the heart, how to create for man a “clean heart,” and to “renew aright spirit” within him (Ps. 51:10).

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