Proverbs 15:3 and Hebrews 4:13 state that the eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good, whereas passages like Genesis 11:5 and 18:21 depict God physically coming down to see if human actions match reports. Traditional harmonization explains the latter as anthropomorphic accommodation where a transcendent God uses human-like expressions to show relational interaction and judicial fairness; conversely, critical scholarship views it as a structural shift from early, localized ancient Near Eastern deity concepts to late omniscient monotheism.