Proverbs 21:2

A Conservative Version

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the hearts.

Cross References

Proverbs 16:2

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

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.

1 Samuel 16:7

But LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For [LORD sees] not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but LORD looks on the heart.

Proverbs 24:12

If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

James 1:22

But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

Galatians 6:3

For if some man presumes to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Proverbs 20:6

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you--to each--according to your works.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise hearkens to counsel.

Job 31:6

(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL, thou are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.