Proverbs 16:2

Modern English Version

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Cross References

Psalm 36:2

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

Proverbs 12:15

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

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 17:3

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

Proverbs 21:2

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

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not He who weighs the heart consider it? Does not He who keeps your soul know it? Will He not render to each man according to his deeds?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed from its filthiness.

Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his paths.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give to every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Daniel 5:27

Tekel: you have been weighed in the balances and are found wanting.

Numbers 22:32

The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before Me.

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed before men is an abomination before God.

Revelation 2:18

“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like fine brass, says these things:

Revelation 2:23

I will put her children to death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the hearts and minds. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

Judges 17:6

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his eyes.

Judges 7:6

The number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred. The rest of the people had knelt to drink water.

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 sees not as men see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not multiply proud speech, nor let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the Lord is the God of knowledge, and by Him actions are examined.