² Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

² All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

²⁵ There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

¹⁵ And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

¹² If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

¹² There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.

⁶ Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?

²² But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

¹¹ The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

¹² Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.

³ For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.

¹⁰ I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

² For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

²⁴ But Jesus did not have faith in them, because he had knowledge of them all.

²⁵ He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.

²³ And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.