Proverbs 16:2

The Message

Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:15

Fools are headstrong and do what they like; wise people take advice.

Proverbs 16:25

There’s a way that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell.

Proverbs 17:3

As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan, so our lives are refined by God.

Proverbs 21:2

We justify our actions by appearances; God examines our motives.

Proverbs 30:12

Don’t imagine yourself to be quite presentable when you haven’t had a bath in weeks.

Proverbs 5:21

Mark well that God doesn’t miss a move you make; he’s aware of every step you take. The shadow of your sin will overtake you; you’ll find yourself stumbling all over yourself in the dark. Death is the reward of an undisciplined life; your foolish decisions trap you in a dead end.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living. We’re in no hurry, God. We’re content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you’ve done are all we’ll ever want. Through the night my soul longs for you. Deep from within me my spirit reaches out to you. When your decisions are on public display, everyone learns how to live right. If the wicked are shown grace, they don’t seem to get it. In the land of right living, they persist in wrong living, blind to the splendor of God.

Daniel 5:27

“Teqel: You have been weighed on the scales and you don’t weigh much.

Numbers 22:32

God’s angel said to him: “Why have you beaten your poor donkey these three times? I have come here to block your way because you’re getting way ahead of yourself. The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she hadn’t, I would have killed you by this time, but not the donkey. I would have let her off.”

Revelation 2:18

Write this to Thyatira, to the Angel of the church. God’s Son, eyes pouring fire-blaze, standing on feet of furnace-fired bronze, says this:

Judges 17:6

In those days there was no king in Israel. People did whatever they felt like doing. * * *

1 Samuel 16:7

But God told Samuel, “Looks aren’t everything. Don’t be impressed with his looks and stature. I’ve already eliminated him. God judges persons differently than humans do. Men and women look at the face; God looks into the heart.”