^2 (A)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord ^(B)weighs the heart.

^2 (A)All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
    but the Lord ^(B)weighs the spirit.^[a]

²⁵ There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but its end is the way to death.^[a]

¹² There are those who are ^(A)clean in their own eyes
    but are not washed of their filth.

¹² If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    ^(A)does not he who ^(B)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who ^(C)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man ^(D)according to his work?

^10 (A)“I the Lord search the heart
    ^(B)and test the mind,^[a]
(C)to give every man according to his ways,
    according to the fruit of his deeds.”