Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives.
World Messianic Bible
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
1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
3Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.
Cross References
Judges 7:6The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
1 Samuel 15:13Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.”
Psalms 36:2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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 →