Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
World Messianic 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 king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
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 20:6Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
Daniel 5:27TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are 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 →