Proverbs 16:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.”
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“All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.”
King James Version · Public Domain“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 16:2 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 22:32The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
- Judges 7:6And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
- Judges 17:6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- 1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
- 1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
- Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
- Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
- Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
- Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
- Proverbs 24:12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
- Proverbs 30:12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
- Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Jeremiah 2:22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Daniel 5:27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
- Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- Luke 18:9To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
- Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
- Revelation 2:18To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.
- Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
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