Proverbs 21:2

The Passion Translation

We may think we’re right all the time, but God thoroughly examines our motives.

Cross References

Psalm 36:2

See how they flatter themselves, unable to detect and detest their sins. They are crooked and conceited, convinced they can get away with anything.

Proverbs 12:15

A fool is in love with his own opinion, but wisdom means being teachable.

Proverbs 16:2

We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us, testing and probing our every motive.

Proverbs 16:25

Before every person there is a path that seems like the right one to take, but it leads straight to hell!

Proverbs 17:3

In the same way that gold and silver are refined by fire, the Lord purifies your heart by the tests and trials of life.

Proverbs 20:6

Many will tell you they’re your loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly trustworthy?

Proverbs 24:12

And why would you say, “But it’s none of my business”? The one who knows you completely and judges your every motive is also the keeper of souls—and not just yours! He sees through your excuses and holds you responsible for failing to help those whose lives are threatened.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation rising that considers themselves to be pure in their own eyes, yet they are morally filthy, unwashed, and unclean.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, Yahweh, probe the heart, and I thoroughly test the inner being to give to all people what they deserve according to their ways and based on their deeds.”

Daniel 5:27

“Teqel: God has weighed you in the balance, and you have been found lacking.

Luke 16:15

so Jesus addressed them directly. “You always want to look spiritual in the eyes of others, but you have forgotten the eyes of God, which see what is inside you. The very things that you approve of and applaud are the things God despises.

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are somebody too important to stoop down to help another (when really you are not), you are living in deception.

James 1:22

Don’t just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life!

Revelation 2:23

And I will strike down her followers with a deadly plague. Then all the congregations will realize that I am the one who thoroughly searches the most secret thought and the innermost being. I will give to each one what their works deserve.