Proverbs 21:2 KJV
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs 21:2, King James Version
In context
1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2 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.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
- Luke 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.
- Proverbs 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- Jeremiah 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.
- Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.