Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
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A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
A person's ways seem right to himself, but the LORD weighs the heart, juxtaposing human self-judgment with divine assessment. This parallels the contrast between our condemning heart and the God who is greater and knows all. A wisdom echo of the heart-weighing motif.
Medium confidence'Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts' parallels self-justification before men exposed by God's knowledge of hearts. Coherence is high and the sapiential idiom was available, though Proverbs 16:5 and 1 Samuel 16:7 are the closer touchstones.
Medium confidence