There is a way [that seems] right to a man, But its end [is] the way of death.

Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, [Yet] is not washed from its filthiness.

Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed [are] you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD."

But 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, When he finds out his iniquity [and] when he hates.

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, [Yet] your iniquity is marked before Me," says the Lord GOD.

"How can you say, 'I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals'? See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: [You are] a swift dromedary breaking loose in her 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 with 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? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths.

If you say, "Surely we did not know this," Does not He who weighs the hearts consider [it?] He who keeps your soul, does He [not] know [it?] And will He [not] render to [each] man according to his deeds?

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For [the] [Lord does] not [see] as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

The way of the just [is] uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just.

I, the LORD, search the heart, [I] test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

"TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;

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:

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