A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(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 There is a way that appears to be right,(A)
    but in the end it leads to death.(B)

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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 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 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 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, “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 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(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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In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.(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 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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Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds,(A) and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.(B)

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