Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place; They behold the evil and the good.
Noyes Bible
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 pleasing; But the mouth of fools poureth forth folly.
4A mild tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a wound in the spirit.
Cross References
Job 31:4Doth He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
Psalms 33:13The LORD looketh down from heaven; He beholdeth all the children of men;
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; They are not concealed from my view, Nor is their iniquity hidden from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel and mighty in work; for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give 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 →