Proverbs 16:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

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  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.
  • Jer 2:22-23 : 22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and take much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord GOD. 23 How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector. 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.
  • Dan 5:27 : 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting.
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness; You, most upright, weigh the path of the just.
  • 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.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of covetousness. For without the law, sin was dead. 9 For I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
  • Rev 2:18 : 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass;
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

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  • Prov 21:1-3
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    87%

    1The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.

    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

    3To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Prov 16:1
    78%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

  • Prov 5:21
    76%

    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.

  • Prov 16:9-11
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    76%

    9A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

    11A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.

  • Prov 16:25
    74%

    25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

    10I 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.

  • Prov 16:3
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    3Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.

  • Prov 20:23-24
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    73%

    23Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.

    24A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?

  • Prov 14:12
    73%

    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 20:27
    73%

    27The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • Prov 20:9-11
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    72%

    9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

    10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.

    11Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure and right.

  • Prov 11:1
    71%

    1A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  • 1 Cor 2:15
    71%

    15But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

  • Job 34:21
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    21For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He sees all his goings.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: "Eat and drink," he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

  • Luke 16:15
    70%

    15And 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 30:12
    70%

    12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes and yet is not cleansed from their filthiness.

  • Jer 10:23
    70%

    23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Deut 12:8
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    8You shall not do as we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.

  • Titus 1:15
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    15To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

  • Job 15:16
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    16How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?

  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3Talk no more so proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  • Prov 29:26
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    26Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.

  • Ps 62:9
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    9Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

  • Mic 6:11
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    11Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

  • Prov 3:6
    69%

    6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

  • Mal 2:17
    69%

    17You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?

  • Prov 6:17
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    17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Job 31:6
    68%

    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.

  • Prov 16:6
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    6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Job 36:25
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    25Every man may see it; man may behold it from afar.

  • Jer 16:17
    68%

    17For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity hidden from my eyes.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD, but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
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    20And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.