Proverbs 15:3
In every place, the eyes of the Lord consider good and evil.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
In Context
2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge. But the mouth of the senseless gushes with foolishness.
4A peaceful tongue is a tree of life. But that which is immoderate will crush the spirit.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
Job 31:4Does he not examine my ways and number all my steps?
Psalms 33:13Which is the man who wills life, who chooses to see good days?
Jeremiah 16:17For my eyes are upon all their ways. They have not been hidden from my face, and their iniquity has not been concealed from my eyes.
Jeremiah 32:19You are great in counsel and incomprehensible in thought. Your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of Adam, so that you may repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his intentions.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:3
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Note, 1. A good heart by the tongue becomes very useful. He that has knowledge is not only to enjoy it, for his own entertainment, but to use it, to use it aright, for the edification of others; and it is the tongue that must make use of it in pious profitable discourse, in giving suitable and seasonable instructions, counsels, and comforts, with all possible expressions of humility and love, and then knowledge is used… Read the whole commentary →