Proverbs 21:2

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs the hearts.

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
But the Lord weighs the motives.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not render to man according to his work?

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Psalm 36:2

For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 20:6

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a trustworthy man?

Proverbs 30:12

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

Jeremiah 17:10

“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

Luke 18:11-12

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

John 2:24-25

But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men,

Galatians 6:3

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

James 1:22

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

Revelation 2:23

And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

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