Proverbs 16:2

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Summary

Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

The ways

But

General references

Luke 17:10

Bible References

The ways

There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death.

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,

But the Lord

weighs the hearts.

There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes,
Yet is not washed from his filthiness.

Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the Lord! I have carried out the command of the Lord.”

For it flatters him in his own eyes
Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

“Although you wash yourself with lye
And use much soap,
The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord God.

And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not

covet.”

But

For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He watches all his paths.

If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not

render to man according to his work?

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

The way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level.

“I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

‘TEKĒL’—you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

And He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God.

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write:

The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:

General references

So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”