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Proverbs 21:2
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Proverbs 21:2
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
2*Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
- Chap. 16.2.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 21:2
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 · Webster 1828
To weigh in the mind; to consider and compare the circumstances or consequences of an event, or the importance of the reasons for or against a decision.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 · KJV usage
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Open the full verse study2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
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Open the full verse study25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Open the full verse study15And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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Open the full verse study10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
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Open the full verse study12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
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Open the full verse study7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
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Open the full verse study12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
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Open the full verse study22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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Open the full verse study11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
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Open the full verse study2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
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Open the full verse study3For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
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Open the full verse study24But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
25And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
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Open the full verse study6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Open the full verse study23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
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