Proverbs 16:2
All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water.
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed are you + 15:13 Gr. to the Lord. of the Lord: I have + 15:13 Gr. established. performed all that the Lord said.
Psalms 36:2For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs. 1
Proverbs 16:25There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
Proverbs 21:2Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
Proverbs 30:12A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
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 →