2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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.
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.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2)Note, 1. We are all apt to be partial in judging of ourselves and our own actions, and to think too favourably of our own character, as if there was nothing amiss in it: Every way of a man , even his by-way, is right in his own eyes . The proud heart is very ingenious in putting a fair face upon a foul matter, and in making that appear right to itself which is far from being so, to stop the mouth…
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