Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Yahweh weighs the motives.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
- 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
- Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, Yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- Luke 16:15 : 15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
- Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
- Prov 24:12 : 12 If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" Doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
- Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.
- Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
- Jer 2:22-23 : 22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, says the Lord Yahweh. 23 How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
- Luke 18:9-9 : 9 He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. 10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
- Dan 5:27 : 27 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
- Ps 36:2 : 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, Too much to detect and hate his sin.
- Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: you that are upright do direct the path of the just.
- Rev 2:23 : 23 I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
- Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn't have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn't have known coveting, unless the law had said, "You shall not covet." 8 But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead. 9 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
- Rev 2:18 : 18 "To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: "The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
- 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh. 14 Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Prov 21:1-33 verses87%
1 The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
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1 The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
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21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.
- Prov 16:9-113 verses76%
9 A man's heart plans his course, But Yahweh directs his steps.
10 Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.
11 Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights in the bag are his work.
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25 There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
- Jer 17:9-102 verses73%
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
10 I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
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3 Commit your deeds to Yahweh, And your plans shall succeed.
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23 Yahweh detests differing weights, And dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; How then can man understand his way?
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12 There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
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27 The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, Searching all his innermost parts.
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8 The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- Prov 20:9-113 verses72%
9 Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
10 Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
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1 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.
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15 But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
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3 Yahweh's eyes are everywhere, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
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11 Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.
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21 "For his eyes are on the ways of a man, He sees all his goings.
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2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, Too much to detect and hate his sin.
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21 There are many plans in a man's heart, But Yahweh's counsel will prevail.
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7 For as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
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15 He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, Yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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23 Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who is wise listens to counsel.
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8 You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
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15 To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
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16 How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, A man who drinks iniquity like water!
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3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For Yahweh is a God of knowledge, By him actions are weighed.
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26 Many seek the ruler's favor, But a man's justice comes from Yahweh.
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9 Surely men of low degree are just a breath, And men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
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11 Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?
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6 In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
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17 You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'
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17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood;
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6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know my integrity);
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
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3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, But Yahweh tests the hearts.
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2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, But he will condemn a man of wicked devices.
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25 All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.
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17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
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26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
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20 And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."