Proverbs 20:24
The Lord shows us the way to go, so how would we decide for ourselves?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
In Context
23The Lord hates incorrect weights; using dishonest scales is wrong.
25It's a mistake to make a promise to God and then have second thoughts about it later.
Cross References
Psalms 25:4Show me your ways, Lord; teach me to follow your paths.
Psalms 37:23The Lord shows the right path to those who follow him, and is happy with the way they live.
Proverbs 16:1Human beings may make plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.
Isaiah 10:6I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.
Daniel 5:23You have arrogantly defied the Lord of heaven and you had the cups and bowls of his Temple brought to you. You and your nobles, your wives and concubines, drank wine from them as you praised gods made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that can't see or hear or know anything. But you have not honored God who holds in his hand your very breath and everything you do.
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 →