Proverbs 16:2

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
² All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
But the Lord weighs the motives.
³ Commit your works to the Lord
And your plans will be established.

Intents of the Heart

It is the Lord

Right in His Own Eyes

Be Clean

Jehovah

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Proverbs 21:2

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs the hearts.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not render to man according to his work?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

Daniel 5:27

‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

1 Samuel 15:13-14

Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the Lord! I have carried out the command of the Lord.”

Psalm 36:2

For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He watches all his paths.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.

Jeremiah 2:22-23

“Although you wash yourself with lye
And use much soap,
The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord God.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

Luke 18:9-11

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

Romans 7:7-9

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

Revelation 2:18

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.