Proverbs 20:24
A person's steps are directed by Yahweh; 1 how then can he understand his way? 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
In Context
23Yahweh hates unequal weights 1 and dishonest scales are not good. 1
Cross References
Psalms 25:4Make known to me your ways, Yahweh; 1 teach me your paths. 1
Psalms 37:23It is by Yahweh that a man's steps are established, 1 the man whose way is commendable in God's sight. 1
Proverbs 16:1The plans of the heart belong to a person, 1 but from Yahweh comes the answer from his tongue. 1
Isaiah 10:6I send him against an arrogant nation and against the people who bear my overflowing wrath. 1 I order him to take the spoil, to take the prey, and to trample them like mud in the streets. 1
Daniel 5:23You have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. From his house they brought you the containers that you, your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from, and you praised the idols made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—idols that do not see, hear, or know anything. You have not honored the God who holds your breath in his hand and who knows all your ways.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:24
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not good. This is to the same purport with what was said v. 20 . 1. It is here repeated, because it is a sin that God doubly hates (as lying, which is of the same nature with this sin, is mentioned twice among the seven things that God hates, ch. vi. 17 , 19 ), and because it was probably a sin very much practised at that time in Israel, and therefore made light of as if there were no harm in it, under pretence that, being commonly used,… Read the whole commentary →