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Proverbs 21:2

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 21:2 in other translations

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

Proverbs 21:2 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 21:2 in context

  1. 1The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses.
    He turns it wherever he desires.
  2. 2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
  3. 3To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
  4. 4A high look and a proud heart,
    the lamp of the wicked, is sin.