Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are open to his eyes; the Lord is the one who weighs spirits.
Catholic Public Domain 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
1It is for man to prepare the soul, and for the Lord to govern the tongue.
3Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And so the number of those who had lapped the water, by bringing it with the hand to the mouth, was three hundred men. And all the remainder of the multitude drank by bending the knee.
1 Samuel 15:13And when Samuel had gone to Saul, Saul said to him: “You are the blessed of the Lord. I have fulfilled the word of the Lord.”
Psalms 36:2For they will quickly wither away like dry grass, and in like manner to kitchen herbs, they will soon droop.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seems right to a man, and its end result leads to death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man seems right to himself. But the Lord weighs hearts.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation which seems pure to themselves, and yet they are not even 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 →