Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the spirits.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
In Context
1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from LORD.
3Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes shall be established.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men, but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, Blessed be thou of LORD. I have performed the commandment of LORD.
Psalms 36:2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes, and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:2
The Sovereignty of Divine Providence. 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord . As we read this, it teaches us a great truth, that we are not sufficient of ourselves to think or speak any thing of ourselves that is wise and good, but that all our sufficiency is of God, who is with the heart and with the mouth, and works in us both to will and to do, Phil. ii. 13 ; Ps. x. 17 . But most read it otherwise: The preparation of the heart is in man (he may contrive and… Read the whole commentary →