Proverbs 16:2
A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.
Bible (Bishops')
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
1A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.
3Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of them that put their handes to their mouthes and lapped, were three hundred men: But all ye remnaunt of ye people kneeled downe vpon their knees to dryncke water.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.
Proverbs 21:2Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse.
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 →