Proverbs 21:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² All a man’s ways are right in his own eyes, But יהוה weighs the hearts.

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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

Job 31:6

let Him weigh me in a right scale, and let Eloah know my integrity.

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, To find his crookedness to be hated.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who listens to advice is wise.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, But יהוה weighs the spirits.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death

Proverbs 17:3

A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, But יהוה tries the hearts.

Proverbs 20:6

Most men proclaim each his own loving-commitment, But who finds a trustworthy man?

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “See, we did not know this,” Would not He who weighs the hearts discern it? He who watches over your life, Would He not know it? And shall He not repay man according to his work?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation, clean in its own eyes, But not washed from its own filth.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, יהוה, search the heart, I try the kidneys, and give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

Daniel 5:27

“TEQĚL – You have been weighed on the scales, and found lacking.

Luke 16:15

so He said to them, “You are those who declare yourselves righteous before men, but Elohim knows your hearts, because what is highly thought of among men is an abomination in the sight of Elohim.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks himself to be somebody, when he is not, he deceives himself.

James 1:22

And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Revelation 2:23

“And I shall slay her children with death. And all the assemblies shall know that I am the One searching the kidneys and hearts. And I shall give to each one of you according to your works.

1 Samuel 16:7

But יהוה said to Shemu’ĕl, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him, for not as man sees, for man looks at the eyes, but יהוה looks at the heart.”