Proverbs 21:2
Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
In Context
3To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But the Lord said vnto Samuel, Looke not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature, because I haue refused him: for God seeth not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
Psalms 36:2For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right vnto man: but the issue thereof are the wayes of death.
Proverbs 20:6Many men wil boast, euery one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithfull man?
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their owne conceite, and yet are not washed from their filthinesse.
Daniel 5:27TEKEL, thou art wayed in the balance, and art found too light.
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 →