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Proverbs 16:1-2
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16 The plans of the heart belong to man,
    but (A)the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
2 (B)All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (C)weighs the spirit.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits
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