2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:2
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 2
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Allכָּֽל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructa man’sאִ֭ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwaysדַּרְכֵי־H1870Noun - common plural construct[are] pureזַ֣ךְH2134Adjective - masculine singularin his own eyesבְּעֵינָ֑יוH5869Preposition | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singularbut his motivesרוּח֣וֹתH7307Noun - common plural constructare weighed outוְתֹכֵ֖ןH8505Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularby the LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singular