Proverbs 15:3
In every place are the eyes of the Lord, looking on the bad and the good.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
In Context
2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge acceptable; but the mouth of fools sputtereth out folly.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee.
Job 31:4Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;
Psalms 33:13The Lord looketh from heaven; he seeth all the sons of men.
Jeremiah 16:17For my eyes are directed upon all their ways, they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in execution: [thou] whose eyes are open over all the ways of the sons of man, to give unto every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:3
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Note, 1. A good heart by the tongue becomes very useful. He that has knowledge is not only to enjoy it, for his own entertainment, but to use it, to use it aright, for the edification of others; and it is the tongue that must make use of it in pious profitable discourse, in giving suitable and seasonable instructions, counsels, and comforts, with all possible expressions of humility and love, and then knowledge is used… Read the whole commentary →