Proverbs 16:2

New Century Version

You may believe you are doing right, but the Lord will judge your reasons.

Cross References

Psalm 36:2

They think too much of themselves so they don’t see their sin and hate it.

Proverbs 12:15

Fools think they are doing right, but the wise listen to advice.

Proverbs 16:25

Some people think they are doing right, but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 17:3

A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.

Proverbs 21:2

You may believe you are doing right, but the Lord judges your reasons.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “We don’t know anything about this,” God, who knows what’s in your mind, will notice. He is watching you, and he will know. He will reward each person for what he has done.

Proverbs 30:12

Some people think they are pure, but they are not really free from evil.

Proverbs 5:21

The Lord sees everything you do, and he watches where you go.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of life is level for those who are right with God; Lord, you make the way of life smooth for those people.

Jeremiah 17:10

But I, the Lord, look into a person’s heart and test the mind. So I can decide what each one deserves; I can give each one the right payment for what he does.”

Daniel 5:27

Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.

Numbers 22:32

The angel of the Lord asked Balaam, “Why have you hit your donkey three times? I have stood here to stop you, because what you are doing is wrong.

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God’s sight.

Revelation 2:18

“Write this to the angel of the church in Thyatira: “The Son of God, who has eyes that blaze like fire and feet like shining bronze, says this:

Revelation 2:23

I will also kill her followers. Then all the churches will know I am the One who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you for what you have done.

Judges 17:6

At that time Israel did not have a king, so everyone did what seemed right.

Judges 7:6

There were three hundred men who used their hands to bring water to their mouths, lapping it as a dog does. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t look at how handsome Eliab is or how tall he is, because I have not chosen him. God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:3

“Don’t continue bragging, don’t speak proud words. The Lord is a God who knows everything, and he judges what people do.