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11 Sheol[a] and Abaddon are before Yahweh—
    how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

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  1. 15:11 Sheol is the place of the dead.

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

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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
    but Yahweh weighs the motives.

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

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  1. 16:2 Lit spirits

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold,
    but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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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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11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings,
    whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.

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11 Even a young man is known by his actions—
by whether his behavior is pure and upright.(A)

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27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp,
    searching all his innermost parts.

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

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

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

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All a person’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord weighs hearts.(A)

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19 Like water reflects a face,
    so a man’s heart reflects the man.

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19 As water reflects the face,
so the heart reflects the person.

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