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Romans 8:27

WEB

27He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

KJV

27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

BSB

27And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

FBV

27The one who examines the minds of everyone knows the Spirit's motives,[+] because the Spirit pleads God's cause on behalf of the believers.

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Extra References

Jeremiah 17:10

10I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”


1 John 5:14-15

14This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. 15And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.


Ephesians 2:18

18For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.


Acts 1:24

24They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen


Romans 8:34

34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.


Psalms 44:21

21won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.


1 John 3:21-22

21Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; 22so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.


1 Chronicles 28:9

9You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.


Jeremiah 11:20

20But, LORD of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.


1 Thessalonians 2:4

4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speaknot as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.