2 Esdras 16:54

54 Behold, the Lord knows all the works of men, their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts.

2 Esdras 16:54 In-Context

52 For behold, just a little while, and iniquity will be removed from the earth, and righteousness will reign over us.
53 Let no sinner say that he has not sinned; for God will burn coals of fire on the head of him who says, "I have not sinned before God and his glory."
54 Behold, the Lord knows all the works of men, their imaginations and their thoughts and their hearts.
55 He said, "Let the earth be made," and it was made; "Let the heaven be made," and it was made.
56 At his word the stars were fixed, and he knows the number of the stars.
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