Proverbs 16:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

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  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the Lord said vnto Samuel, Looke not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature, because I haue refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for ma looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.
  • Prov 24:12 : 12 If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? And hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?
  • Prov 5:21 : 21 For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seemeth right vnto man: but the issue thereof are the wayes of death.
  • Jer 2:22-23 : 22 Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquitie is marked before me, sayeth the Lord God. 23 Howe canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither haue I followed Baalim? beholde thy waies in the valley, & know, what thou hast done: thou art like a swift dromedarie, that runneth by his waies.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 He spake also this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues that they were iust, and despised other. 10 Two men went vp into the Temple to pray: the one a Pharise, and the other a Publican. 11 The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.
  • Dan 5:27 : 27 Tekel, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the iust is righteousnesse: thou wilt make equall the righteous path of the iust.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the Churches shall know that I am he which searche the reines and heartes: and I will giue vnto euery one of you according vnto your workes.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust. 8 But sinne tooke an occasion by ye commandement, and wrought in me all maner of concupiscence: for without the Lawe sinne is dead. 9 For I once was aliue, wtout the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,
  • Rev 2:18 : 18 And vnto ye Angel of the Church which is at Thyatira write, These things saith the Sonne of God, which hath his eyes like vnto a flame of fire, and his feete like fine brasse.
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 Then Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said vnto him. Blessed be thou of the Lord, I haue fulfilled the commaundement of the Lord. 14 But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?

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  • Prov 5:21
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    21For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.

  • Prov 16:9-11
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  • Jer 17:9-10
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  • Prov 16:3
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  • Prov 20:23-24
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    9Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?

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    21For his eyes are vpon the wayes of man, and he seeth all his goings.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.

  • Prov 23:7
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    17The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Job 31:6
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  • Prov 16:6
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  • Prov 12:2
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  • Job 36:25
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    25All men see it, and men beholde it afarre off.

  • Jer 16:17
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  • Prov 15:26
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    26The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.

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