Proverbs 21:2
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
- KJV
- Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
- WEB
- Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.
- ASV
- Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
- DARBY
- Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
- BLB
- Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes, and YHWH is measuring hearts.
- ÅB
- Alle en manns veier er rette i hans egne øyne, men Herren veier hjertene.
- OTB
- En persons vei kan synes rett i egne øyne, men Herren vurderer hjertet.
- B1930
- Alle en manns veier er rette i hans egne øine, men Herren veier hjertene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 16:2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Read in contextLuke 16:15
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Read in contextProverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Read in contextJeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Read in contextProverbs 30:12
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Read in context1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Read in contextProverbs 24:12
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Read in contextJames 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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