Proverbs 16:2

In 11 translations

BSB

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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WLC

כָּֽל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֭ישׁ זַ֣ךְ בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְתֹכֵ֖ן רוּח֣וֹת יְהוָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ταπεινοῦ φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ ὀλοῦνται.

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• Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
• 1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider 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.”
• Luke 16:15So 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.
• Proverbs 30:12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
• Jeremiah 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
• Proverbs 24:12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does 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?
• Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
• Proverbs 5:21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
• Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
• Jeremiah 2:22–23Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior…
• Luke 18:9–11To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by…
• Daniel 5:27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
• Revelation 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• 1 Samuel 15:13–14When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.” But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”
• Romans 7:7–9What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! 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 sin,…
• Isaiah 26:7The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

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