Proverbs 16:2

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All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:2 : 2 All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said to Samuel,“Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
  • Prov 24:12 : 12 If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?
  • Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
  • Jer 2:22-23 : 22 You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” says the Sovereign LORD. 23 “How can you say,‘I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.’ Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 The Parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else. 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector.
  • Dan 5:27 : 27 As for teqel– you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 God’s People Anticipate Vindication The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said,“Do not covet.” 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead. 9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive
  • Rev 2:18 : 18 To the Church in Thyatira“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze:
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him,“May the LORD bless you! I have fulfilled the LORD’s orders.” 14 Samuel replied,“If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”

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  • Prov 21:1-3
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    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

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

  • Prov 16:1
    78%

    1The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the LORD.

  • Prov 5:21
    76%

    21For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

  • Prov 16:9-11
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    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

    11Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Jer 17:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?

    10I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

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

  • Prov 20:23-24
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    23The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked.

    24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?

  • Prov 14:12
    73%

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

  • Prov 20:27
    73%

    27The human spirit is like the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Prov 20:9-11
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    72%

    9Who can say,“I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?

    10Diverse weights and diverse measures– the LORD abhors both of them.

    11Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

  • Prov 11:1
    71%

    1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.

  • 1 Cor 2:15
    71%

    15The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

  • Ps 94:11
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    11The LORD knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

  • Job 34:21
    70%

    21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • Ps 36:2
    70%

    2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

  • Luke 16:15
    70%

    15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

  • Prov 30:12
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    12There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

  • Jer 10:23
    70%

    23LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

  • Deut 12:8
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    8You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,

  • Titus 1:15
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    15All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.

  • Job 15:16
    69%

    16how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

  • 1 Sam 2:3
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    3Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly. Proud talk should not come out of your mouth! For the LORD is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.

  • Prov 29:26
    69%

    26Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one receives justice.

  • Ps 62:9
    69%

    9Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

  • Mic 6:11
    69%

    11I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

  • Prov 3:6
    69%

    6Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

  • Mal 2:17
    69%

    17Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”

  • Prov 6:17
    68%

    17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Job 31:6
    68%

    6let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

  • Prov 16:6
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    6Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the LORD one avoids evil.

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

  • Prov 12:2
    68%

    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Job 36:25
    68%

    25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

  • Jer 16:17
    68%

    17For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.

  • Prov 15:26
    68%

    26The LORD abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
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    20And again,“The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”