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Proverbs 16:2

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes,

but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

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Proverbs 16:2 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 21:2 (49 votes) and 1 Samuel 16:7 (35 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Judges 17 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does Proverbs 16:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 21:249 votes

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

  2. 1 Samuel 16:735 votes

    But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

  3. Luke 16:1533 votes

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

  4. Proverbs 30:1226 votes

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

  5. Jeremiah 17:1023 votes

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

  6. Proverbs 24:1216 votes

    If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

  7. Psalm 36:214 votes

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

  8. Proverbs 5:2114 votes

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

  9. Proverbs 16:2513 votes

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

  10. Jeremiah 2:22–2310 votes

    Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

  11. Luke 18:9–1110 votes
  12. Daniel 5:279 votes
  13. Revelation 2:238 votes
  14. 1 Samuel 15:13–145 votes
  15. Isaiah 26:75 votes
  16. Romans 7:7–95 votes
  17. Revelation 2:184 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 16:2?

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