Proverbs 20:24
From Yahweh, are a man’s steps, a son of earth, then—how can he discern his way?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
In Context
23An abomination to Yahweh, are divers weights, and, deceptive balances, are not good.
25It is a snare to a man, that he should rashly cry Holy! and, after making vows, to reflect!
Cross References
Psalms 25:4Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me:
Psalms 37:23From Yahweh, are the steps of a man made firm, When, with his way, he is well pleased:
Proverbs 16:1To man, belong the preparations of the heart, but, from Yahweh, cometh the answer of the tongue.
Isaiah 10:6Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him,—To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.
Daniel 5:23but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,—whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:24
23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord ; and a false balance is not good. This is to the same purport with what was said v. 20 . 1. It is here repeated, because it is a sin that God doubly hates (as lying, which is of the same nature with this sin, is mentioned twice among the seven things that God hates, ch. vi. 17 , 19 ), and because it was probably a sin very much practised at that time in Israel, and therefore made light of as if there were no harm in it, under pretence that, being commonly used,… Read the whole commentary →