Proverbs 20:24
The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
In Context
23Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.
25It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy, and after the vowe to make inquirie.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:1A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.
Isaiah 10:6I wyll sende hym among those hypocritishe people: among the people that haue deserued my disfauour wyll I sende hym, that he vtterly rob them, spoyle them, and treade them downe lyke the myre in the streete.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:24
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not good. This is to the same purport with what was said v. 20 . 1. It is here repeated, because it is a sin that God doubly hates (as lying, which is of the same nature with this sin, is mentioned twice among the seven things that God hates, ch. vi. 17 , 19 ), and because it was probably a sin very much practised at that time in Israel, and therefore made light of as if there were no harm in it, under pretence that, being commonly used,… Read the whole commentary →