Proverbs 16:2
All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.
Bible in Basic English
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 designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
3Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.
Cross References
Judges 7:6Now the number of those who took up the water with their tongues was three hundred; all the rest of the people went down on their knees to the water.
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.
Psalms 36:2\36:1\The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation who seem to themselves to be free from sin, but are not washed from their unclean ways.
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 →