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Proverbs 16:2

World English Bible

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
but Yahweh weighs the motives.

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Proverbs 16:2 in other translations

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16:2 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 16:2 in context

  1. 1The plans of the heart belong to man,
    but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
  2. 2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
    but Yahweh weighs the motives.
  3. 3Commit your deeds to Yahweh,
    and your plans shall succeed.
  4. 4Yahweh has made everything for its own end—
    yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.