Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
Psalms 36:2The unjust hath said within himself, that he would sin : there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.
Proverbs 20:6Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
Proverbs 30:12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Daniel 5:27THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, 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 →