Proverbs 16:2
People think that whatever they do is fine, but the Lord looks at their intentions.
Free Bible Version
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
1Human beings may make plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.
3Trust whatever you do to the Lord, and your plans will be successful.
Cross References
Judges 7:6Three hundred lapped water from their hands to their mouths. All the rest knelt down to drink the water.
1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel caught up with him, Saul said, “The Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord ordered.”
Psalms 36:2In their own eyes they're so wonderful that they can't even see their sin and do something about it.
Proverbs 16:25There's a way that seems to be right, but in the end it's the way of death.
Proverbs 21:2People think that whatever they do is fine, but the Lord looks at their motives.
Proverbs 30:12There are some who see themselves as pure but they're still filthy—they have not been washed.
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 →