All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:2 Lit weighs spirits

All a person’s ways seem pure to them,(A)
    but motives are weighed(B) by the Lord.(C)

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

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11 The Pharisee took his stand[a](A) and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people[b] —greedy,(B) unrighteous,(C) adulterers,(D) or even like this tax collector.

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  1. Luke 18:11 Or Pharisee stood by himself
  2. Luke 18:11 Or like the rest of men

11 The Pharisee stood by himself(A) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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11 The 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.

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