Psalms 139:1–2
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
¶ O LORD, thou hast searched mee, and knowen me.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou knowest my downe sitting, and mine vprising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
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- Hebrews 4:13Rank 1 from verse 1
13Neither 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.
13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked, and opened vnto the eyes of him with whome wee haue to doe.
- Jeremiah 12:3Rank 2 from verse 1
3But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
3*†But thou, O LORD, knowest me; thou hast seene me, and tried mine heart towards thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 17:9–10Rank 3 from verse 1
9¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10I 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.
9¶ The heart is deceitfull aboue all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?
10*I the LORD search the heart, I try the reines, euen to giue euery man according to his waies, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Psalms 44:21Rank 4 from verse 1
- Psalms 17:3Rank 5 from verse 1
3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
3Thou hast prooued mine heart, thou hast visited me in the night, thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing: I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgresse.
- Psalms 139:23Rank 6 from verse 1
- 1 Chronicles 28:9Rank 7 from verse 1
9¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
9¶ *And thou, Solomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfite heart, and with a willing minde: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.
- 1 Kings 8:39Rank 8 from verse 1
39Then 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;)
39Then heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and forgiue, and do, and giue to euery man according to his wayes, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, euen thou onely knowest the hearts of all the children of men,)
- Psalms 11:4–5Rank 9 from verse 1
4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
4*The LORD is in his holy Temple, the LORDs Throne is in heauen: his eyes beholde, his eye lids trie the children of men.
5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth violence, his soule hateth.
- Revelation 2:23Rank 10 from verse 1
23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
23And I will kill her children with death, and all the Churches shall know that *I am hee which searcheth the reines and hearts: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according to your workes.
- John 21:17Rank 11 from verse 1
17He 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.
17He said vnto him the third time, Simon sonne of Ionas, louest thou mee? Peter was grieued, because hee saide vnto him the third time, Louest thou me? And he said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto him, Feed my sheepe.
- Revelation 2:18Rank 12 from verse 1
18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
18And vnto the Angel of the church in Thyatira, write, These things saith the Sonne of God, who hath his eyes like vnto a flame of fire, and his feete are like fine brasse:
From verse 2
- Matthew 9:4Rank 1 from verse 2
- 2 Kings 19:27Rank 2 from verse 2
- Isaiah 37:28Rank 3 from verse 2
- Psalms 94:11Rank 5 from verse 2
- John 2:24–25Rank 6 from verse 2
- Proverbs 15:3Rank 7 from verse 2
- Psalms 56:8Rank 8 from verse 2
- Zechariah 4:10Rank 9 from verse 2
10For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
10For who hath despised the day of small things? ‖for they shall reioyce and shall see the †plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seuen: *they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
- 2 Kings 6:12Rank 10 from verse 2
12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
12And one of his seruants sayde, †None, my lord O king; but Elisha the Prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel, the wordes that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.
- Genesis 16:13Rank 11 from verse 2
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Rank 12 from verse 2
5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
5*Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkenesse, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall euery man haue prayse of God.
- Ezekiel 38:10–11Rank 13 from verse 2
10Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
10‖Thus saith the LORD God; It shall also come to passe, that at the same time shall things come into thy minde, and thou shalt thinke an euill thought.
11‖And thou shalt say: I will goe vp to the land of vnwalled villages; I will goe to them that are at rest, that dwell safely all of them dwelling without walles, and hauing neither barres nor gates;
- Ezekiel 38:17Rank 14 from verse 2
17Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
17†Thus saith the LORD God; Art thou hee, of whom I haue spoken in old time by my seruants the prophets of Israel, which prophecied in those dayes many yeeres, that I would bring thee against them?
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Psalms 139:1
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of search, meaning to seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know.
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Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
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Psalms 139:2
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The act of rising or getting up.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: At or from a great distance. Sense 2: Figuratively, remote, estranged, or absent.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
1¶ O LORD, thou hast searched mee, and knowen me.
Selected passage2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
2Thou knowest my downe sitting, and mine vprising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Selected passage3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
3‖Thou compassest my path, and my lying downe, and art acquainted with all my wayes.