Proverbs 16:2
Every one of the ways of a man is pure in his own eyes; but the Lord measureth the spirits.
Leeser Tanakh
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
1Unto man belong the resolves of the heart; but from the Lord cometh the expression of the tongue.
3Commit unto the Lord thy works, and thy plans will be firmly established.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of those that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bent down upon their knees to drink water.
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou unto the Lord, I have performed the word of the Lord.
Psalms 36:2(36:3) For he flattereth himself in his own eyes [too much] to find out his iniquity to hate it.
Proverbs 16:25There is many a way which seemeth even before a man, but its end are the ways unto death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is straight in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed [clean] of its filthiness.
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 →