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Proverbs 21:2

All a man’s ways seem right to him,

but the LORD weighs the heart.

Proverbs 21:2 BSB

Proverbs 21:2 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:2 (68 votes) and Luke 16:15 (47 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Deuteronomy 12 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does Proverbs 21:2 point to?

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

  1. Proverbs 16:268 votes

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

  2. Luke 16:1547 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.

  3. Proverbs 16:2546 votes

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

  4. Jeremiah 17:1037 votes

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

  5. Proverbs 30:1232 votes

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

  6. 1 Samuel 16:730 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.”

  7. Proverbs 24:1225 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?

  8. James 1:2216 votes

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

  9. Psalm 36:215 votes

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

  10. Luke 18:11–1215 votes

    The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

  11. Galatians 6:314 votes
  12. Proverbs 20:613 votes
  13. John 2:24–2513 votes
  14. Revelation 2:2313 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 21:2?

The 10 strongest of 11.