Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
Darby Translation
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 exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.
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 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?
Proverbs 30:12there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
Daniel 5:27TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
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 →