THEOSISProverbs 16:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.
כָּֽל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֭ישׁ זַ֣ךְ בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְתֹכֵ֖ן רוּח֣וֹת יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 21:2Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
- 1 Sam 16:7And the Lord said to Samuel: Look not on his countenance, nor on the height of his stature: because I have rejected him, nor do I judge according to the look of man: for man seeth those things that appear, but the Lord beholdeth the heart.
- Luke 16:15And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God.
- Prov 30:12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- Jer 17:10I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
- Prov 24:12If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.
- Ps 36 (35):2
- Prov 5:21The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.