21 For your ways are in full view(A) of the Lord,
    and he examines(B) all your paths.(C)

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21 For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,(A)
and He considers all his paths.(B)

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21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

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The eyes(A) of the Lord are everywhere,(B)
    keeping watch on the wicked and the good.(C)

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The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.(A)

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The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

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11 Death and Destruction[a] lie open before the Lord(A)
    how much more do human hearts!(B)

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  1. Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord(A)
how much more, human hearts.(B)

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11 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

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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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All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Lit weighs spirits

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but the Lord tests the heart.(B)

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A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold,(A)
and the Lord is the tester of hearts.(B)

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The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

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27 The human spirit is[a] the lamp of the Lord(A)
    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or A person’s words are

27 The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,[a]
searching the innermost parts.[b](A)

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Lit breath
  2. Proverbs 20:27 Lit the chambers of the belly

27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

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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 a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 21:2 Lit Lord weighs the hearts

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

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