Proverbs 21:2
Every derech ish is yashar (right) in his own eynayim, 1 but Hashem weigheth the hearts. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
In Context
1The lev melech is in the yad Hashem, as the channels of mayim; 1 He directeth it wherever He will. 1
3To do tzedakah and mishpat 1 is more acceptable to Hashem than zevach. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But Hashem said unto Shmuel, Look not on his mareh (appearance), or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for Hashem seeth not as HaAdam seeth; for HaAdam looketh at the einayim (eyes, outward form); Hashem looketh at the lev.
Psalms 36:2Peysha speaketh to the rashah within my lev, 1 that there is no pachad Elohim (fear of G-d) before his eyes. 1
Proverbs 16:25There is a derech that seemeth yashar (right) before an ish, 1 but its acharit (future, latter end) is the drakhei mavet. 1
Proverbs 20:6Rav adam will proclaim every one his own chesed, 1 but an ish emunim (faithful man, loyal man) who can find one? 1
Proverbs 30:12There is a dor (generation) that is tahor (pure) in its own eynayim, 1 and yet is not washed from its filthiness. 1
Daniel 5:27tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art 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 →