Deuteronomy 12:8

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

Cross-reference

Numbers 15:39 warns against following your own heart and eyes, directly reinforcing the same prohibition of doing what is right in one's own eyes.

Judges 17:6 Citation

Judges 17:6 uses the exact phrase 'everyone did what was right in his own eyes' to depict moral chaos in the absence of a king.

Judges 21:25 repeats the same refrain 'everyone did what was right in his own eyes' as a summary of Israel's lawless period.

Proverbs 21:2 uses the same idiom 'right in his own eyes' but adds that the Lord weighs the heart, contrasting human self‑justification with divine judgment.