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Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 21:2 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 21:2 in other translations
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the hearts.
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In context
1 The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
5 The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
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