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Proverbs 21:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts. "

Proverbs 21:2

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1 The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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We are all inclined to be partial when we judge ourselves and our own actions. We tend to think too well of our own character, as if nothing were wrong with it. “Every way of a man, even his side road, is right in his own eyes.” The proud heart is very clever at putting a good face on a bad matter, and at making what is plainly wrong seem right to itself, so it can quiet a troubled conscience.

But we can be sure that God’s judgment about us is true and fair. No matter what we think about ourselves, the Lord weighs the heart. God looks at the heart and judges people by it, including their actions, motives, and intentions. His judgment is as exact as ours is about the things we consider most carefully, and even more exact, because he weighs all things in a perfect balance (Proverbs 16:2).

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Proverbs 16:2

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

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Proverbs 5:21

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"For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths."

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Jeremiah 17:10

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"“I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”"

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Ecclesiastes 10:2

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"A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left."

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Psalms 145:17

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"The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works."

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2 Chronicles 25:2

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"He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, but not with a perfect heart."

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Proverbs 21:1

"The king’s heart is in the LORD’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires."

Proverbs 21:3

"To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice."

Proverbs 21:4

"A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin."

Proverbs 21:5

"The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty."

Proverbs 21:6

"Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death."

Proverbs 21:7

"The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right."

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