Proverbs 21:2
Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his + 16:7 Or, face. appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God + 16:7 Gr. will not see. sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.
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 20:6A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but it is hard to find a faithful man.
Proverbs 30:12A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
Daniel 5:27Thekel; it has been weighed in the balance, and found lacking.
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 →