People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives.

人一切所行的，在自己眼中看为清洁；惟有耶和华衡量人心。

人一切所行的，在自己眼中看为纯洁，惟有耶和华衡量人的内心。

人一切所行的，在自己眼中看为纯洁，惟有耶和华衡量人的内心。

人看自己的行为都纯全，但是耶和华却衡量人心。

人看自己一切所行的，都是清洁的；耶和华却衡量人心。

人一切的道路，在自己眼中看为纯洁；而耶和华衡量人的心。

人一切所行的，在自己眼中看為清潔；惟有耶和華衡量人心。

人一切所行的，在自己眼中看為純潔，惟有耶和華衡量人的內心。

人一切所行的，在自己眼中看為純潔，惟有耶和華衡量人的內心。

人看自己的行為都純全，但是耶和華卻衡量人心。

人看自己一切所行的，都是清潔的；耶和華卻衡量人心。

人一切所行的、自己都看為純潔；惟有永恆主衡量人的心。

人一切的道路，在自己眼中看為純潔；而耶和華衡量人的心。

人之所行、自視為潔、惟耶和華權衡其心、

人之所為自視為善、惟耶和華鑒察其心。

人之所行、於己目中視為潔、惟主鑒察人心、

All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.

Everything a person does might seem pure to them. But the Lord knows why they do what they do.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

All a person’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs motives.

All the ways of a person are clean in his own sight, But the Lord examines the motives.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the spirits.

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

All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

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

All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart.

But the Lord said to Samuel,“ Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

They are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed.

Then he said to them,“ You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

Don’t excuse yourself by saying,“ Look, we didn’t know.” For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew. He will repay all people as their actions deserve.

In their blind conceit, they cannot see how wicked they really are.

But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.”

No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I still see the stain of your guilt. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!“ You say,‘ That’s not true! I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’ But how can you say that? Go and look in any valley in the land! Face the awful sins you have done. You are like a restless female camel desperately searching for a mate.

For the Lord sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.

There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.

I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches out the thoughts and intentions of every person. And I will give to each of you whatever you deserve.

Then Jesus told this story to some who had great confidence in their own righteousness and scorned everyone else:“ Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a despised tax collector.The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer:‘ I thank you, God, that I am not like other people— cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!

Tekel means‘ weighed’— you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.

When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully.“ May the Lord bless you,” he said.“ I have carried out the Lord’s command!”“ Then what is all the bleating of sheep and goats and the lowing of cattle I hear?” Samuel demanded.

“ Write this letter to the angel of the church in Thyatira. This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes are like flames of fire, whose feet are like polished bronze:

Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is sinful? Of course not! In fact, it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said,“ You must not covet.”But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,