Proverbs 21:2

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Summary

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

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James 1:22

The lord

Bible References

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A man thinketh all his ways to be clean; but it is the LORD that fashioneth the minds.

Many there be that would be called good-doers; but where shall one find a true faithful man?

The generation that think themselves clean, shall not be cleansed from their filthiness.

For he flattereth himself in his own sight, until his abominable sin be found out.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publican.

If any man seem to himself that he is somewhat, when indeed he is nothing, the same deceiveth himself in his imagination.

And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry.

The lord

If thou wilt say, "I knew not of it"; Thinkest thou that he which made the hearts, doth not consider it? And that he which regardeth thy soul, seeth it not? Shall not he recompense every man according to his works?

But the LORD said unto Samuel, "Look not on his fashion nor on the height of his stature, for I have refused him. Because it is not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance: but the LORD beholdeth the heart."

"Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."

and he said unto them, "Ye are they, which justify yourselves before men: but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abominable in the sight of God.

but Jesus put not himself in their hands, because he knew all men,

And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.