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Proverbs 16:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives. "

Proverbs 16:2

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1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives.

3 Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

4 The LORD has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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We are all too likely to judge ourselves too kindly. A man thinks all his ways, plans, and actions are clean in his own eyes. He sees nothing wrong in them, nothing that should make him blame himself, and so he expects his plans to succeed and his words to match his hopes. But in truth, there is much uncleanness attached to our ways, and we often do not notice it, or we do not see it as seriously as we should.

God’s judgment of us, however, is always true. He weighs the spirit with perfect fairness and knows exactly what is in us. Then he gives his judgment based on what he finds. This is like the warning word Tekel, “weighed in the balance and found wanting” (Daniel 5:27), written on what had seemed acceptable to us. It is his judgment that will decide whether we stand or fall. He does not only look at a person’s outward actions, but also tests the spirit within, and we are truly what our spirits are.

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"Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight."

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"Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight."

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Proverbs 16:1

"The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD."

Proverbs 16:3

"Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed."

Proverbs 16:4

"The LORD has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil."

Proverbs 16:5

"Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished."

Proverbs 16:6

"By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil."

Proverbs 16:7

"When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him."

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