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11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord;
    how much more human hearts!(A)

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11 Death and Destruction[a] lie open before the Lord
how much more human hearts!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Sheol and Abaddon

All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the spirit.(A)

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All of a person’s ways are pure in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs motives.

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

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There is a crucible for refining silver and a smelter for gold.
In the same way the Lord examines hearts.

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11 Even children make themselves known by their acts,
    by whether what they do is pure and right.(A)

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11 Even a youth makes himself known by his acts,
by whether his conduct is pure and upright.

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27 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
    searching every inmost part.(A)

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27 A man’s spirit is the lamp of the Lord.
It illuminates the depths of his heart.

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All deeds are right in the sight of the doer,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

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In a person’s own eyes all his ways are right,
but the Lord weighs the motives of the heart.

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19 Just as water reflects the face,
    so one human heart reflects another.

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19 As water reflects a person’s face,
so a person’s heart reflects the person.

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