Proverbs 16:2

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

“Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit’s mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.

His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.

But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.

For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

“For his eyes are on the ways of a man. He sees all his goings.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.

so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Yahweh’s eyes are everywhere, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

For the ways of man are before Yahweh’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.

TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.

“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. Now I have seen with joy your people, who are present here, offer willingly to you.

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.’ ”

“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things: