Does the LORD judge our motives and intentions as well as our deeds? What does it mean to cherish iniquity in one’s heart? How important is it that a nation’s leaders follow the LORD? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Jeremiah 17:10
Jeremiah 17:10
10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Connection Passage #1: Psalm 66:18–19
Psalm 66:18–19
18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
Connection Passage #2 Malachi 4:2–3
Malachi 4:2–3
2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
3 Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Connection Passage #3: 1 Samuel 12:14–15
1 Samuel 12:14–15
14 If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
15 But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).