Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man, [may be] pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
1To man, belong the preparations of the heart, but, from Yahweh, cometh the answer of the tongue.
3Roll, upon Yahweh, thy doings, that thy plans, may be established.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And so it was, that, the number of them that lapped with 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 15:13And Samuel came unto Saul,—and Saul said unto him—Blessed, be thou by Yahweh: I have established the word of Yahweh.
Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself [too much] in his own eyes, to find his iniquity—to hate [it].
Proverbs 16:25There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.
Proverbs 30:12A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
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 →