Verse 2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

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  • Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 And he said to them, You are the ones who justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for what is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Prov 24:12 : 12 If you say, Behold, we did not know this; does not he who ponders the heart consider it? And he who keeps your soul, does he not know it? And shall he not render to every man according to his works?
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes and yet is not cleansed from their filthiness.
  • Luke 18:11-12 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all men, 25 And had no need that anyone should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.