Proverbs 16:2

New English Translation

All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Cross References

Psalm 36:2

for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

Proverbs 16:25

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

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts.

Proverbs 21:2

All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “But we did not know about this,” does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

Proverbs 30:12

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

Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

Daniel 5:27

As for teqel – you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

Numbers 22:32

The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.

Luke 16:15

But Jesus said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

Revelation 2:18

“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze:

Revelation 2:23

Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.

Judges 17:6

In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.

Judges 7:6

Three hundred men lapped; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:3

Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do.