Proverbs 16:2
 Proverbs 16:2 
New International Version (© 2011)
All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD.

King James Bible
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

American Standard Version
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

Young's Literal Translation
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

Proverbs 16:2 Additional Translations
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the ways

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD ponders the hearts.

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

1 Samuel 15:13,14 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed be you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD...

Psalm 36:2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

Jeremiah 2:22,23 For though you wash you with nitre, and take you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, said the Lord GOD...

Luke 18:9-11 And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others...

Romans 7:7-9 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust...

but

Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his goings.

Proverbs 24:12 If you say, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that ponders the heart consider it? and he that keeps your soul, does not he know it?...

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him...

Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do weigh the path of the just.

Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Daniel 5:27 TEKEL; You are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

Luke 16:15 And he said to them, You are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts...

Revelation 2:18,23 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things said the Son of God, who has his eyes like to a flame of fire...

Proverbs 16:2 Parallel Commentaries
Clean Eyes Innocent Motives Pondering Pure Puts Scales Seem Sight Spirit Spirits Ways Weighed Weigheth Weighs
Clean Eyes Innocent Motives Pondering Pure Puts Scales Seem Sight Spirit Spirits Ways Weighed Weigheth Weighs
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1 Samuel 2:3 "Do not keep talking so proudly or let your mouth speak such arrogance, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by him deeds are weighed.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
Proverbs 12:15 The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.
Proverbs 21:2 A person may think their own ways are right, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Proverbs 30:12 those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;
Daniel 5:27 Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.