There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.

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

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed from its excrement.

And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of Jehovah! I have carried out the Word of Jehovah.

And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity and hate is found.

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is stained before Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

How can you say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals? See your way in the valley, know what you have done! You are a swift camel crisscrossing its ways.

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus to himself, God, I thank You that I am not like other men; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Let it not be! On the contrary, I would not have understood sin except through the Law. For I would not have known lust unless the Law had said, You shall not covet.

I was alive once apart from the Law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He ponders all his tracks.

if you say, Behold, we did not know it; does not He who ponders the heart consider it? And the Keeper of your soul, does He not know it? And shall He not repay to a man according to his deeds?

But Jehovah said to Samuel, Do not look at his appearance nor at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For man does not see as He sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Jehovah looks at the heart.

The way of the just is equity; O Upright One, You weigh the path of the just.

I Jehovah search the heart, I examine the soul, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

TEKEL: You are weighed in the balances and found deficient.

And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:

And I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the inner thoughts and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.