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;
    how much more (A)the hearts of the children of man!

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

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  1. Proverbs 16:2 Or spirits

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

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

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11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?

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11 Even a child (A)makes himself known by his acts,
    by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright

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 (A)The spirit[a] of man is the lamp of the Lord,
    (B)searching all (C)his innermost parts.

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Hebrew breath

A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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

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19 As water reflects the face,
    so one’s life reflects the heart.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you

19 As in water face reflects face,
    so the heart of man reflects the man.

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