Proverbs 16:2

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

Cross References (17)

  • Proverbs 21:2 (47)

    All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

  • 1 Samuel 16:7 (33)

    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see a

  • Luke 16:15 (31)

    So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized a

  • Proverbs 30:12 (24)

    There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

  • Jeremiah 17:10 (20)

    I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

  • Proverbs 24:12 (16)

    If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards

  • Psalms 36:2 (14)

    For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

  • Proverbs 5:21 (13)

    For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

  • Proverbs 16:25 (12)

    There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Jeremiah 2:22–23 (10)

    Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord

  • Luke 18:9–11 (10)

    To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

  • Daniel 5:27 (9)

    TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

  • Revelation 2:23 (8)

    Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, an

  • Romans 7:7–9 (5)

    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law.

  • Isaiah 26:7 (5)

    The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

  • 1 Samuel 15:13–14 (5)

    When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”

  • Revelation 2:18 (4)

    To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire