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All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the spirit.(A)

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All a person’s ways seem pure to them,(A)
    but motives are weighed(B) by the Lord.(C)

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25 Sometimes there is a way that seems to be right,
    but in the end it is the way to death.(A)

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25 There is a way that appears to be right,(A)
    but in the end it leads to death.(B)

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15 So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.(A)

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15 He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves(A) in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts.(B) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

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10 I the Lord test the mind
    and search the heart,
to give to all according to their ways,
    according to the fruit of their doings.(A)

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10 “I the Lord search the heart(A)
    and examine the mind,(B)
to reward(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”(D)

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12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,
    yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.(A)

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12 those who are pure in their own eyes(A)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;(B)

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But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him, for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”(A)

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But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance,(A) but the Lord looks at the heart.”(B)

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12 if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—
    does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it?
    And will he not repay all according to their deeds?(A)

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12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs(A) the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
    Will he not repay(B) everyone according to what they have done?(C)

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22 But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.(A)

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22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(A)

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11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’(A)

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11 The Pharisee stood by himself(A) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast(B) twice a week and give a tenth(C) of all I get.’

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For they flatter themselves in their own eyes
    that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

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In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.(A)

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For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves.(A)

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If anyone thinks they are something(A) when they are not, they deceive themselves.(B)

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24 But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to testify about anyone, for he himself knew what was in everyone.(A)

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24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind,(A) for he knew what was in each person.(B)

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