Proverbs 21:2

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Job 31:6

let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.

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 16:2

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

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 20:6

Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person – who can find?

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.

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.

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.

Galatians 6:3

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

James 1:22

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

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.

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.”