Proverbs 16:2
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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
1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
3Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.
1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
Proverbs 21:2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
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 →