Proverbs 16:2

New International Version

All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:2

A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Proverbs 30:12

those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

Jeremiah 17:10

“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

Psalm 36:2

In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.

Proverbs 5:21

For your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Daniel 5:27

Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

Isaiah 26:7

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

Revelation 2:23

I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Revelation 2:18

“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

1 Samuel 2:3

“Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the Lord is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

Numbers 22:32

The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.

Judges 7:6

Three hundred of them drank from cupped hands, lapping like dogs. All the rest got down on their knees to drink.

Judges 17:6

In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.