Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is straight in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
In Context
3To exercise righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Regard not his appearance, nor the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for not what man looketh on;—for man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord looketh on the heart.
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 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but who can find a faithful man?
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed [clean] of its filthiness.
Daniel 5:27T'kel, Thou least been weighed in the balances, and been found wanting.
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 →