Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord in euery place beholde the euill and the good.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
In Context
2The tongue of the wise vseth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fooles babbleth out foolishnesse.
4A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord beholde all the earth to shewe him selfe strong with them that are of perfite heart towarde him: thou hast then done foolishly in this: therefore from henceforth thou shalt haue warres.
Job 31:4Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?
Psalms 33:13The Lord looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the children of men.
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are vpon al their wayes: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquitie hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsell, and mightie in worke, (for thine eyes are open vpon all the wayes of ye sonnes of men, to giue to euery one according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes)
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:3
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Note, 1. A good heart by the tongue becomes very useful. He that has knowledge is not only to enjoy it, for his own entertainment, but to use it, to use it aright, for the edification of others; and it is the tongue that must make use of it in pious profitable discourse, in giving suitable and seasonable instructions, counsels, and comforts, with all possible expressions of humility and love, and then knowledge is used… Read the whole commentary →