Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.
Young's Literal Translation
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
1Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.
3Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
Cross References
Judges 7:6And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.
1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel cometh in unto Saul, and Saul saith to him, 'Blessed [art] thou of Jehovah; I have performed the word of Jehovah.'
Psalms 36:2For he made [it] smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.
Proverbs 16:25There is a way right before a man, And its latter end — ways of death.
Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.
Proverbs 30:12A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
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 →