Proverbs 21:2

New International Version

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

Cross References

Job 31:6

let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—

Psalm 36:2

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

Proverbs 12:15

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

Proverbs 16:2

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

Proverbs 16:25

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

Proverbs 17:3

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

Proverbs 20:6

Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find?

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?

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.”

Daniel 5:27

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

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.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.

James 1:22

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

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.

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.”