Proverbs 16:2

New King James Version

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the spirits.

Cross References

Psalm 36:2

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the Lord tests the hearts.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the hearts.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.

Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He ponders all his paths.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;

Numbers 22:32

And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is perverse before Me.

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Revelation 2:18

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

Revelation 2:23

I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

Judges 17:6

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 7:6

And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people got down on their knees to drink water.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:3

“Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.