Proverbs 15:3
In every place are the eyes of Jehovah, Watching the evil and the good.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
In Context
2The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
4A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, And perverseness in it — a breach in the spirit.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 16:9for Jehovah — His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong [for] a people whose heart [is] perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because — henceforth there are with thee wars.'
Job 31:4Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?
Psalms 33:13From the heavens hath Jehovah looked, He hath seen all the sons of men.
Jeremiah 16:17For Mine eyes [are] upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.
Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in act, in that Thine eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of Adam, to give to each according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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 →