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If you say, "Behold, we didn`t know this;" Doesn`t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn`t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
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God Sees Past Our Excuses
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse condemns making excuses for inaction. Pleading ignorance—saying "we knew it not"—is not a valid defense before God. He "weighs the hearts" and discerns our true motives, knowing whether our excuse is a genuine limitation or simply a cover for apathy or unwillingness to help.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As Proverbs 24:11 warned men against acquiescing in an unrighteous tyranny, so this denounces the tendency to hush up a wrong with the false plea o…
19th Century
Anglican
If you say, Behold, we knew it not—Man is too much inclined to answer after the manner of Cain (Genesis 4:9),…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you say, Behold, we knew it not The danger the person was in; or the innocency of his cause; or what method to ta…
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