Proverbs 21:2
Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.
Bible (Bishops')
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 righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.
Proverbs 20:6Many there be that woulde be called good doers: but where shall one finde a faythfull man?
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane, and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse.
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 →