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Proverbs 21:2-4
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2 (A)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (B)weighs the heart.
3 (C)To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
4 (D)Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    (E)the lamp[a] of the wicked, are sin.

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  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing
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Proverbs 21:2-4
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2 A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(A)

3 To do what is right and just
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(B)

4 Haughty eyes(C) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

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