Proverbs 21:2

Tree of Life Version

All a man’s ways seem right in his own eyes, but Adonai weighs the heart.

Cross References

Job 31:6

then let Him weigh me with honest scales, then God will know my integrity.

Psalm 36:2

An oracle of Transgression— within my heart, to the wicked one: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.

Proverbs 12:15

A fool’s way is right in his own eyes, but the wise listen to advice.

Proverbs 16:2

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but Adonai weighs the motives.

Proverbs 16:25

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

Proverbs 17:3

A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but Adonai tests the heart.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man proclaims his loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “Look, we didn’t know this.” Won’t He who weighs hearts perceive it? Won’t He who guards your soul know it? Won’t He repay each one according to his deeds?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not cleansed from its filth.

Jeremiah 17:10

I Adonai search the heart, I try the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

Daniel 5:27

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

Luke 16:15

But He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before the people, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable in God’s sight.”

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is fooling himself.

James 1:22

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

Revelation 2:23

I will also strike her children with a deadly disease. Then all of Messiah’s communities will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your deeds.

1 Samuel 16:7

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