Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man seems right to himself. But the Lord weighs hearts.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
In Context
3To do mercy and judgment is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifices.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7And the Lord said to Samuel: “You should not look with favor on his face, nor on the height of his stature. For I have rejected him. Neither do I judge by the appearance of a man. For man sees those things that are apparent, but the Lord beholds the heart.”
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 20:6Many men are called merciful. But who will find a faithful man?
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation which seems pure to themselves, and yet they are not even washed from their filthiness.
Daniel 5:27THECEL: you have been weighed on the scales and found lacking.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord , as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Note, 1. Even the hearts of men are in God's hand, and not only their goings, as he had said, ch. xx. 24 . God can change men's minds, can, by a powerful insensible operation under their spirits, turn them from that which they seemed most intent upon, and incline them to that which they seemed most averse to, as the husbandman, by canals and gutters, turns the water through his grounds… Read the whole commentary →