For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Proverbs 16:2 - English Standard Version 2016 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But the LORD weigheth the spirits. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart). [I Sam. 16:7; Heb. 4:12.] American Standard Version (1901) All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits. Common English Bible All the ways of people are pure in their eyes, but the LORD tests the motives. Catholic Public Domain Version All the ways of a man are open to his eyes; the Lord is the one who weighs spirits. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits. |
For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.
And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.