Proverbs 16:2

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹ The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord. ² All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales. ³ Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

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 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.

Proverbs 21:2

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

Proverbs 24:12

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?

Proverbs 30:12

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

Daniel 5:27

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

1 Samuel 15:13-14

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.

Psalm 36:2

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

Proverbs 5:21

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

Proverbs 16:25

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

Isaiah 26:7

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

Jeremiah 2:22-23

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

Jeremiah 17:10

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.

Luke 16:15

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.

Luke 18:9-11

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

Romans 7:7-9

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.

Revelation 2:18

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:

Revelation 2:23

And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.