Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
Darby Translation
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 purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
3Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of them that lapped, with their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.
Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, [even] when his iniquity is found to be hateful.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
Proverbs 30:12there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, 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 →