Proverbs 16:2
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2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own (A)eyes,
But the Lord weighs the spirits.
Proverbs 21:2
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1 Samuel 16:7
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7 But the Lord said to Samuel, (A)“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have [a]refused him. (B)For[b] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man (C)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the (D)heart.”
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- 1 Samuel 16:7 rejected
- 1 Samuel 16:7 LXX For God does not see as man sees; Tg. It is not by the appearance of a man; Vg. Nor do I judge according to the looks of a man
Luke 16:15
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15 And He said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves (B)before men, but (C)God knows your hearts. For (D)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Proverbs 30:12
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12 There is a generation (A)that is pure in its own eyes,
Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
Jeremiah 17:10
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10 I, the Lord, (A)search the heart,
I test the [a]mind,
(B)Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:10 Most secret parts, lit. kidneys
Proverbs 24:12
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12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not (A)He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man (B)according to his deeds?
Psalm 36:2
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2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes,
When he finds out his iniquity and when he hates.
Proverbs 5:21
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs
Proverbs 16:25
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25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of (A)death.
Jeremiah 2:22-23
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22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
Yet your iniquity is (A)marked[a] before Me,” says the Lord God.
23 “How(B) can you say, ‘I am not [b]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:22 stained
- Jeremiah 2:23 defiled
Luke 18:9-11
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 Also He spoke this parable to some (A)who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee (B)stood and prayed thus with himself, (C)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
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Isaiah 26:7
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- Isaiah 26:7 Or make level
Revelation 2:23
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23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who (A)searches[a] the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
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- Revelation 2:23 examines
Daniel 5:27
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27 TEKEL: (A)You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;
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1 Samuel 15:13-14
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13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, (A)“Blessed are you of the Lord! I have performed the commandment of the Lord.”
14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”
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Revelation 2:18
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The Corrupt Church
18 “And to the [a]angel of the church in Thyatira write,
‘These things says the Son of God, (A)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:
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- Revelation 2:18 Or messenger
Romans 7:7-9
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Sin’s Advantage in the Law
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, (A)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, (B)“You shall not covet.” 8 But (C)sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For (D)apart from the law sin was dead. 9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
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