Proverbs 16:2

Proverbs 16:2 in other translations

What does Proverbs 16:2 mean?

Proverbs 16:2 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 16:2

• Proverbs 21:2

  Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

• 1 Samuel 16:7

  But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

• Luke 16:15

  And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

• Proverbs 30:12

  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

• Jeremiah 17:10

  I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

• Proverbs 24:12

  If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

• Proverbs 5:21

  For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

• Psalms 36:2

  For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

• Proverbs 16:25

  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

• Jeremiah 2:22-23

  For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God. How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

• Luke 18:9-11

  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

• Daniel 5:27

  TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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Context

• Proverbs 16:1

  The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.

• Proverbs 16:2

  All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

• Proverbs 16:3

  Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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