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Proverbs 16

Prov. 16:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All the ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
are clean
zak (Hebrew #2134)
clear
KJV usage: clean, pure.
Pronounce: zak
Origin: from 2141
in his own eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
; but the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
weigheth
takan (Hebrew #8505)
to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)
KJV usage: bear up, direct, be ((un-))equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
Pronounce: taw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root
the spirits
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the ways.
Prov. 16:25• 25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Prov. 16:25)
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Prov. 21:2• 2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. (Prov. 21:2)
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Prov. 30:12• 12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. (Prov. 30:12)
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1 Sam. 15:13‑14• 13And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
 14And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? (1 Sam. 15:13‑14)
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Psa. 36:2• 2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. (Psa. 36:2)
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Jer. 2:22‑23• 22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
 23How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; (Jer. 2:22‑23)
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Luke 18:9‑11• 9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
 10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
 11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. (Luke 18:9‑11)
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Rom. 7:7‑9• 7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
 8But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
 9For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. (Rom. 7:7‑9)
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Prov. 5:21• 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. (Prov. 5:21)
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Prov. 24:12• 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? (Prov. 24:12)
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1 Sam. 16:7• 7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. (1 Sam. 16:7)
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Isa. 26:7• 7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. (Isa. 26:7)
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Jer. 17:10• 10I 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. (Jer. 17:10)
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Dan. 5:27• 27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. (Dan. 5:27)
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Luke 16:15• 15And 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. (Luke 16:15)
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Rev. 2:18,23• 18And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
 23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. (Rev. 2:18,23)
• Till brought into the light of God’s holiness there is nothing of which he is generally so certain as the defensibleness of his own conduct. His ways are clean in his own eves, but he is not to be trusted in his own judgment. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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