THEOSISProverbs 21:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
כָּֽל־דֶּרֶךְ־אִ֭ישׁ יָשָׁ֣ר בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְתֹכֵ֖ן לִבּ֣וֹת יְהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 16:2All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.
- Prov 16:25There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.
- 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.
- 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 30:12A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jas 1:22But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.