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21 For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes.
    He examines all his paths.

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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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Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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

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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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Footnotes

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:2 Lit weighs 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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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:27 Lit breath
  2. Proverbs 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 man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:2 Lit Lord weighs the hearts