Proverbs 16:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man `is' right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for `it is' not as man seeth -- for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I Jehovah do search the heart, try the reins, Even to give to each according to his way, According to the fruit of his doings.
  • Prov 24:12 : 12 When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.
  • Prov 5:21 : 21 For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.
  • Jer 2:22-23 : 22 But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. 23 How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
  • Luke 18:9-9 : 9 And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: 10 `Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer; 11 the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;
  • Dan 5:27 : 27 Weighed -- Thou art weighed in the balances, and hast been found lacking.
  • Ps 36:2 : 2 For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The path for the righteous `is' uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 and her children I will kill in death, and know shall all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will give to you -- to each -- according to your works.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What, then, shall we say? the law `is' sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said: 8 `Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness -- for apart from law sin is dead. 9 And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;
  • Rev 2:18 : 18 `And to the messenger of the assembly of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who is having his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet like to fine brass;
  • 1 Sam 15:13-14 : 13 And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, `Blessed `art' thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.' 14 And Samuel saith, `And what `is' the noise of this flock in mine ears -- and the noise of the herd which I am hearing?'

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    1Of man `are' arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

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    21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

  • Prov 16:9-11
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  • Jer 17:9-10
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    9Crooked `is' the heart above all things, And it `is' incurable -- who doth know it?

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  • Prov 20:23-24
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    23An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good.

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    12There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.

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    8Froward `is' the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright `is' his work.

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    9Who saith, `I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

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    3In every place are the eyes of Jehovah, Watching the evil and the good.

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    11He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they `are' vanity.

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    21For His eyes `are' on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.

  • Prov 19:21
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    21Many `are' the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

  • Prov 23:7
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    7For as he hath thought in his soul, so `is' he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart `is' not with thee.

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    15and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;

  • Prov 30:12
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    12A generation -- pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.

  • Jer 10:23
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    23I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man `is' his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

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    16Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.

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    3Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge `is' Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

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    26Many are seeking the face of a ruler, And from Jehovah `is' the judgment of each.

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    9Only -- vanity `are' the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity `are' lighter.

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    11Do I reckon `it' pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

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    6In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.

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    17Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

  • Job 31:6
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    6He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.

  • Prov 16:6
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    6In kindness and truth pardoned is iniquity, And in the fear of Jehovah Turn thou aside from evil.

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    3A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

  • Job 36:25
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    25All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

  • Jer 16:17
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    17For Mine eyes `are' upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.

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    26An abomination to Jehovah `are' thoughts of wickedness, And pure `are' sayings of pleasantness.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
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    20and again, `The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.'