Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Revised Version 1895
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
1The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity shall not be found out and be hated.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the hearts.
Proverbs 30:12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes; and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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 →