Proverbs 16:2
Cross References

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

1 Samuel 2:3
Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boasting: let old matters depart from your mouth: for the Lord is a God of all knowledge, and to him are thoughts prepared.

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.

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

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

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

Daniel 5:27
THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.

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

the ways

Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

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

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

1 Samuel 15:13,14 And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord. . . .

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

Jeremiah 2:22,23 Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God. . . .

Luke 18:9-11 And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable: . . .

Romans 7:7-9 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? God forbid! But I do not know sin, but by the law. For I had not known concupiscence, if the law did not say: Thou shalt not covet. . . .

but

Proverbs 5:21 His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

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.

Isaiah 26:7 The way of the just is right, the path of the just is right to walk in.

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.

Daniel 5:27 THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.

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.

Revelation 2:18,23 And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like to a flame of fire and his feet like to fine brass. . . .

Context
The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD
1It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. 2All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.3Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.…
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
דַּרְכֵי־ (dar·ḵê-)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

[are] pure
זַ֣ךְ (zaḵ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2134: Pure, clean

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

but his motives
רוּח֣וֹת (rū·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

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

by the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH


Additional Translations
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed by the LORD.All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.

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

All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

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

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.
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