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Proverbs 21:2
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People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
You may believe you are doing right, but the Lord judges your reasons.
Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs and examines the hearts [of people and their motives].
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
Ech weye of a man semeth riytful to hym silf; but the Lord peisith the hertis.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the hearts.
All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
We may think we are doing the right thing, but the Lord always knows what is in our hearts.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
All a person's ways are right in his own view, but Adonai weighs the heart.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
People think that whatever they do is right, but the Lord judges the reasons for everything they do.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the hearts.
Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, but the Lord knows the hearts.
All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart.
Euery way of a man is right in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; but the LORD sets the heart in order.
You may think that everything you do is right, but remember that the Lord judges your motives.
Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.
Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes: but the Lorde pondereth the heart.
Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
All a person’s ways seem right to him,but the Lord weighs hearts.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Every way of a man is upright in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs hearts.
Every way of a man is upright in his own eyes, but Jehovah measures the hearts.
Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering hearts.
Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.
We justify our actions by appearances; God examines our motives.
Every person's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD examines the hearts.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.
Every man's way is right in his own eyes,But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
right: Proverbs 16:2, Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 20:6, Proverbs 30:12, Psalms 36:2, Luke 18:11, Luke 18:12, Galatians 6:3, James 1:22
the Lord: Proverbs 24:12, 1 Samuel 16:7, Jeremiah 17:10, Luke 16:15, John 2:24, John 2:25, Revelation 2:23
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:8 - every man 1 Chronicles 29:17 - triest the heart Matthew 18:35 - from Mark 14:15 - he will 1 Corinthians 4:4 - yet 2 Corinthians 10:18 - not
Cross-References
God said, "No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.
Is anything impossible for the Lord ? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son."
Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, "I refuse to watch the child die." So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.
But God heard the boy's voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice right where he is crying.
Abraham said, "I swear to do this."
But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech's servants had seized.
"And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age—although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month!
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes,.... This is repeated, from Proverbs 16:2; for the confirmation of it; and that it might be observed and taken notice of, and men be brought under a conviction of it; which is not easily done, it being what affects all men: every man is conceited of himself and his own way, and is not easily persuaded off of it; his sinful ways are agreeable to him promising him pleasure, profit, or honour; and his self-righteous ways suit with the vain opinion he has of himself, whereby he promises himself eternal life and happiness. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it to this sense,
"every man seems righteous to himself;''
but the Lord pondereth the hearts: weighs them in the balance of righteousness and truth; considers them, having a perfect knowledge of them, and all the springs of action in them; and knows that every way of man is not right, though they may seem so to him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 21:2. The Lord pondereth the hearts. — Every man feels strongly attached to his own opinions, modes of acting, c. and though he will not easily give up any thing to the judgment of a neighbour, whom he will naturally consider at least as fallible as himself, yet he should consider that the unerring eye of God is upon him; and he should endeavour to see that what he does is acceptable in the eye of his Maker and Judge.