the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 16:2
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All a person’s ways seem right to him,but the Lord weighs motives.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But the LORD weighs the motives.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
All the ways of a person are clean in his own sight, But the LORD examines the motives.
You may believe you are doing right, but the Lord will judge your reasons.
All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], But the LORD weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth].
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Yahweh weighs the motives.
All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own sight,But Yahweh weighs the motives.
All a man's ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed by the LORD.
We may think we know what is right, but the Lord is the judge of our motives.
All a man's ways are pure in his own view, but Adonai weighs the spirit.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
People think that whatever they do is right, but the Lord judges their reason for doing it.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD directs his way.
You may think everything you do is right, but the Lord judges your motives.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the spirit.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.
A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord weigheth the spirits.
A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Alle the weies of men ben opyn to the iyen of God; the Lord is a weiere of spiritis.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Yahweh weighs the spirits.
All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
All a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the spirits.
People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the thoughts of the heart.
All one's ways may be pure in one's own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
All the ways of a man, may be pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.
All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit.
Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the ways: Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 21:2, Proverbs 30:12, 1 Samuel 15:13, 1 Samuel 15:14, Psalms 36:2, Jeremiah 2:22, Jeremiah 2:23, Luke 18:9-11, Romans 7:7-9
but: Proverbs 5:21, Proverbs 24:12, 1 Samuel 16:7, Isaiah 26:7, Jeremiah 17:10, Daniel 5:27, Luke 16:15, Revelation 2:18, Revelation 2:23
Reciprocal: Judges 17:6 - right 1 Chronicles 29:17 - triest the heart Proverbs 12:15 - way Jeremiah 35:17 - because Luke 17:10 - General
Cross-References
and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.'
And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,
And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;
and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;' and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.
and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes.
And Abram saith unto Sarai, `Lo, thine handmaid [is] in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;' and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.
And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;'
and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;'
and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.'
and he saith, `returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes,.... All right and well, not only some, but all, having a high opinion of himself; for this is to be understood of a self-righteous man, who is pure in his own eyes, though not cleansed from his filthiness, and so fancies every way he walks in, and everything he does, is pure; this is owing to want of knowledge of the impurity of his nature; was he sensible of this, he would see that his best righteousness is as filthy rags and to his ignorance of the spirituality of the law, which, was he acquainted with, he would find, on comparing himself with it, that he and all he did was polluted and unclean: some read the words, "all the ways of a pure man [are] before his eyes": the eyes of the Lord, he sees them, and approves of them; so Aben Ezra; and to this agrees the Septuagint version, "all the works of an humble man [are] manifest with God"; and the Arabic version, "all the works of an humble man are clean before God"; but the former reading and sense seem best;
but the Lord weigheth the spirits; searches and tries the hearts; he sees, knows, and observes the principles of all actions, and can as exactly adjust the nature and quality of them, as a man, with a pair of scales in his hands, can tell precisely the weight of anything put into them; the Lord weighs the spirits, or hearts, from whence all actions flow, by his omniscience, and accordingly judges of them by that, and not by the outward appearance; and he weighs all actions by his law, in the balance of the sanctuary, where they are found wanting, and come greatly short of that purity and perfection pharisaical persons imagine there is in them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
We are blind to our own faults, do not see ourselves as others see us. There is One who tries not the “ways” only, but the “spirits” Hebrews 4:12 : this is the true remedy against self-deceit.
