Focused Passage

Proverbs 21:2

The LORD Weighs the Heart: Justice, Righteousness, Pride, Diligence, and the Limits of Human Strength

The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over kings and hearts, to justice over sacrifice, to diligence and dishonest gain, to household conflict and wicked desire, to mercy and justice, to speech, generosity, false witness, and finally to the LORD's supremacy over every human plan and battle.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

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Verse 2

Original words

Allכָּֽל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructa man’sאִ֭ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwaysדֶּרֶךְ־H1870Noun - common singular constructseemבְּעֵינָ֑יוH5869Preposition | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singularright to himיָשָׁ֣רH3477Adjective - masculine singularbut the LORDיְהוָֽה׃H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularweighsוְתֹכֵ֖ןH8505Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularthe heartלִבּ֣וֹתH3826Noun - masculine plural

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