Proverbs 21:2
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Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

right

Proverbs 16:2,25 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits. . . .

Proverbs 20:6 Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?

Proverbs 30:12 A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Psalm 36:2 For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his iniquity may be found unto hatred.

Luke 18:11,12 The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. . . .

Galatians 6:3 For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

the lord

Proverbs 24:12 If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.

1 Samuel 16:7 And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.

Jeremiah 17:10 I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Luke 16:15 And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God.

John 2:24,25 But Jesus did not trust himself unto them: for that he knew all men, . . .

Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say

Context
The King's Heart
1As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will, he shall turn it. 2Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.3To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.…
Cross References
Luke 16:15
And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God.

Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

Proverbs 24:12
If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.

Lexicon
All
כָּֽל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

a man’s
אִ֭ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

ways
דֶּרֶךְ־ (de·reḵ-)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

seem
בְּעֵינָ֑יו (bə·‘ê·nāw)
Preposition | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

right to him,
יָשָׁ֣ר (yā·šār)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3477: Straight, right

but the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

weighs
וְתֹכֵ֖ן (wə·ṯō·ḵên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8505: To balance, measure out, arrange, equalize, levelling

the heart.
לִבּ֣וֹת (lib·bō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3826: The heart


Additional Translations
All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD ponders the hearts.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the hearts.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

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

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.
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