What you think is the right road may lead to death.

You may think that everything you do is right, but remember that the LORD judges your motives.

There are people who think they are pure when they are as filthy as they can be.

Samuel went up to Saul, who greeted him, saying, "The LORD bless you, Samuel! I have obeyed the LORD's command."

Samuel asked, "Why, then, do I hear cattle mooing and sheep bleating?"

Because they think so highly of themselves, they think that God will not discover their sin and condemn it.

Even if you washed with the strongest soap, I would still see the stain of your guilt.

How can you say you have not defiled yourself, that you have never worshiped Baal? Look how you sinned in the valley; see what you have done. You are like a wild camel in heat, running around loose,

Jesus also told this parable to people who were sure of their own goodness and despised everybody else.

The Pharisee stood apart by himself and prayed, 'I thank you, God, that I am not greedy, dishonest, or an adulterer, like everybody else. I thank you that I am not like that tax collector over there.

Shall we say, then, that the Law itself is sinful? Of course not! But it was the Law that made me know what sin is. If the Law had not said, "Do not desire what belongs to someone else," I would not have known such a desire.

I myself was once alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life,

The LORD sees everything you do. Wherever you go, he is watching.

You may say that it is none of your business, but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you; he knows. And he will reward you according to what you do.

But the LORD said to him, "Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as people judge. They look at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart."

LORD, you make the path smooth for good people; the road they travel is level.

I, the LORD, search the minds and test the hearts of people. I treat each of them according to the way they live, according to what they do."

weight, you have been weighed on the scales and found to be too light;

Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who make yourselves look right in other people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.

"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: "This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, whose feet shine like polished brass.

I will also kill her followers, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who knows everyone's thoughts and wishes. I will repay each of you according to what you have done.