Proverbs 15:3
In each place the eyes of the Lord behold good men, and evil men.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to them, that with perfect heart believe into him, (or and give strength to those, who with a perfect heart believe in him). Therefore thou hast done follily, and for this trust in men, yea, in this present time battles shall rise against thee.
Job 31:4Whether he beholdeth not my ways, and numbereth all my goings?
Psalms 33:13The Lord beheld from heaven; he saw all the sons of men. (The Lord looked down from heaven; he saw all the sons and daughters of men.)
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes be on all the ways of them; those ways be not hid from my face, and the wickedness of them was not privy from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel, and uncomprehensible in thought, whose eyes be open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, that thou yield to each after his ways, and after the fruit of his findings (or and after the fruits of his deeds);
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:3
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. Note, 1. A good heart by the tongue becomes very useful. He that has knowledge is not only to enjoy it, for his own entertainment, but to use it, to use it aright, for the edification of others; and it is the tongue that must make use of it in pious profitable discourse, in giving suitable and seasonable instructions, counsels, and comforts, with all possible expressions of humility and love, and then knowledge is used… Read the whole commentary →