Proverbs 16:2
All a man's ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed by the LORD.
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the ways

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

Proverbs 21:2
All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

1 Samuel 15:13, 14
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, "May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD's instructions." . . .

Psalm 36:2
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

Jeremiah 2:22, 23
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me, " declares the Lord GOD. . . .

Luke 18:9-11
To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: . . .

Romans 7:7-9
What then shall we say? Is the Law sin? By no means! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the Law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the Law had not said, "Do not covet." . . .

but

Proverbs 5:21
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the Lord watches all his paths.

Proverbs 24:12
If you say, "Behold, we did not know about this, " will not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart."

Isaiah 26:7
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the righteous.

Jeremiah 17:10
I, the LORD, search the heart; I test the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Daniel 5:27
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

Luke 16:15
So He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

Revelation 2:18, 23
To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

International Standard Version
Everything a person does seems pure in his own opinion, but the LORD weighs intentions.

NET Bible
All a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
All the ways of a man are pure in the eyes of his soul and Lord Jehovah orders his path.
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