Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.
And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”
There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’
For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
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