Proverbs 16:2
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
BSB
ASV
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
KJV
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
We are blind to our own faults, do not see ourselves as others see us. There is One who tries not the “ways” only, but the “spirits” Heb 4:12: this is the true remedy against self-deceit.
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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…
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I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
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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.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
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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.
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But 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…
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
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Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
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There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
