Proverbs 16:2
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2 All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirit.(A)
Proverbs 21:2
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2 All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)
1 Samuel 16:7
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7 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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Luke 16:15
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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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Proverbs 30:12
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12 There are those who are pure in their own eyes,
yet are not cleansed of their filthiness.(A)
Jeremiah 17:10
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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)
Proverbs 24:12
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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)
Psalm 36:2
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2 For they flatter themselves in their own eyes
that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Proverbs 5:21
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21 For human ways are under the eyes of the Lord,
and he examines all their paths.(A)
Proverbs 16:25
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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)
Jeremiah 2:22-23
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22 Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,
says the Lord God.(A)
23 How can you say, “I am not defiled;
I have not gone after the Baals”?
Look at your way in the valley;
know what you have done:
a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,(B)
Luke 18:9-11
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 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.
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Isaiah 26:7
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7 The way of the righteous is level;
straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.(A)
Revelation 2:23
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23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.(A)
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Daniel 5:27
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27 tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;(A)
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1 Samuel 15:13-14
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13 When Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, “May you be blessed by the Lord; I have carried out the command of the Lord.”(A) 14 But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears and the lowing of cattle that I hear?”
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Revelation 2:18
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The Message to Thyatira
18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze:(A)
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Romans 7:7-9
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The Law and Sin
7 What then are we to say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”(A) 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law sin lies dead.(B) 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived
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