Proverbs 21:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: But the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs and tries the hearts. [Prov. 24:12; Luke 16:15.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

Common English Bible

² Everyone’s path is straight in their own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Every way of a man seems right to himself. But the Lord weighs hearts.

Proverbs 21:2 Cross References

Proverbs 16:2

All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Proverbs 16:25

Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right, but in the end it is the way to death.

Luke 16:15

So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.

Proverbs 30:12

There are those who are pure in their own eyes, yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him, for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Proverbs 24:12

if you say, “Look, we did not know this”— does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay all according to their deeds?

James 1:22

But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

Psalm 36:2

For they flatter themselves in their own eyes that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

Galatians 6:3

For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.

Proverbs 20:6

Many proclaim themselves loyal, but who can find one worthy of trust?

Revelation 2:23

and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

Proverbs 12:15

Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice.

Job 31:6

let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!—

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

Daniel 5:27

tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;