Proverbs 16:2
People may think that their actions are right, but Yahweh really knows why people do what they do.
Translation for Translators
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
1People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh is the one who decides [MTY] what really will happen.
Cross References
Judges 7:6So when they drank, only 300 men drank from their hands. All the others drank with their mouths down in the water.
1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel arrived at Gilgal he approached Saul, and Saul said to him,, “I wish/desire that Yahweh will bless you! I have obeyed what Yahweh told me to do.”
Psalms 36:2Because they are very proud, they do not think that God will discover their sins and condemn them (OR, they do not think about their sins and hate themselves for it).
Proverbs 16:25There are some kinds of behavior [MET] that people think are right, but ◄walking on those roads [MET]/continually doing those things► causes those people to die.
Proverbs 21:2People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our ◄motives/reasons for doing things► [MTY].
Proverbs 30:12Some people think that they are perfect, but really they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins.
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 →