Proverbs 21:2

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Job 31:6

Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.

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 16:2

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

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 20:6

Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?

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.

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;

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.

Galatians 6:3

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

James 1:22

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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.

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.”