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Proverbs 16:2 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verse 2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.Proverbs 16:2 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:2 in context
1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Commentary
Cross references
- Proverbs 21:2
- 1 Samuel 16:7
- Luke 16:15
- Proverbs 30:12
- Jeremiah 17:10
- Proverbs 24:12
- Psalms 36:2
- Proverbs 5:21
Key words (Strong's)
- weighethtâkanto balanceH8505 →
- cleanzakclearH2134 →
- waysdereka roadH1870 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Note, 1. We are all apt to be partial in judging of ourselves: All the ways of a man, all his designs, all his doings, are clean in his own eyes, and he sees nothing amiss in them, nothing for which to condemn himself, or which should make his projects prove otherwise than well;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary