Proverbs 21:2
All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
In Context
1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
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 20:6Many a man proclaims his loving devotion, but who can find a trustworthy man?
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Daniel 5:27TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
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 →