Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord in every place behold the good and the evil.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.
4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee.
Job 31:4Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
Psalms 33:13The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.
Jeremiah 16:17For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel and incomprehensible in thought: whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of Adam, to render unto every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices.
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 →