Proverbs 21:2

New American Bible - revised edition

All your ways may be straight in your own eyes, but it is the Lord who weighs hearts.

Cross References

Job 31:6

Let God weigh me in the scales of justice; thus will he know my innocence!

Psalm 36:2

Sin directs the heart of the wicked man; his eyes are closed to the fear of God.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of fools is right in their own eyes, but those who listen to advice are the wise.

Proverbs 16:2

All one’s ways are pure in one’s own eyes, but the measurer of motives is the Lord.

Proverbs 16:25

Sometimes a way seems right, but the end of it leads to death!

Proverbs 17:3

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

Proverbs 20:6

Many say, “My loyal friend,” but who can find someone worthy of trust?

Proverbs 24:12

because you said, “We didn’t know about it”? Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows and will repay all according to their deeds.

Proverbs 30:12

There are some pure in their own eyes, yet not cleansed of their filth.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, explore the mind and test the heart, Giving to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their deeds.

Daniel 5:27

Tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God. Sayings About the Law.

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deluding himself.

James 1:22

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

Revelation 2:23

I will also put her children to death. Thus shall all the churches come to know that I am the searcher of hearts and minds and that I will give each of you what your works deserve.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel: Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. God does not see as a mortal, who sees the appearance. The Lord looks into the heart.