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Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Proverbs 16:2 · King James Version
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Proverbs 16:2 in other translations
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weighs the motives.
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In context
1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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