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Proverbs 16:2

mAll the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,

but the Lord nweighs the spirit. 1

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Proverbs 16:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

All a person’s ways seem pure to them,

but motives are weighed by the Lord.

Proverbs 16:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;

But the Lord weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

People may be pure in their own eyes,

but the Lord examines their motives.

Proverbs 16:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,

But the Lord weighs the spirits.

Proverbs 16:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

You may believe you are doing right,

but the Lord will judge your reasons.

Proverbs 16:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;

But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A person thinks all his ways are pure, 

but the Lord weighs motives. 

Proverbs 16:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

All a man’s ways seem right to him,

but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Proverbs 16:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes,

but the Lord weighs the spirit.

Proverbs 16:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,

but Yahweh weighs the spirit.

Proverbs 16:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Everything a man does might seem right to him.

But the Lord knows what that man is thinking.

Proverbs 16:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,

But the Lord weighs the motives.


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