Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 do righteousness and justice, is more choice to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:7But Yahweh said unto Samuel—Do not regard his countenance, or the height of his stature, for I have rejected him,—for it is not what man looketh to but what God looketh to. For, man, looketh to the outward appearance, but, Yahweh, looketh to the heart.
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 20:6A kind man one may call, a great man,—but, a faithful man, who can find?
Proverbs 30:12A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,
Daniel 5:27T’kel,—thou art weighed [="Weighed"] in the balances, and 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 →