Proverbs 16:2

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Summary

Proverbs 16:2

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

The ways

But

General references

Luke 17:10

Bible References

The ways

There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

But

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

Tekel; you have been put in the scales and seen to be under weight.

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass:

General references

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.