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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Every way
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)
is right
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
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
pondereth
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 hearts
libbah (Hebrew #3826)
the heart
KJV usage: heart.
Pronounce: lib-baw'
Origin: feminine of 3820
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 16:2,25• 2All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes;{HR}But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
 25There is a way that seemeth right to a man,{HR}But the end thereof [is] the ways of death. (Prov. 16:2,25)
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Prov. 20:6• 6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;{HR}But a faithful man who can find? (Prov. 20:6)
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Prov. 30:12• 12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,{HR}Yet are not washed from their filthiness;{HR} (Prov. 30:12)
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Psa. 36:2• 2For he hath flattered himself in his own eyes,{HR}Until that his iniquity is found out and hated. (Psa. 36:2)
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Luke 18:11‑12• 11The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
 12I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything that I acquire. (Luke 18:11‑12)
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Gal. 6:3• 3For if anyone reputeth himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. (Gal. 6:3)
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James 1:22• 22But be word-doers, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. (James 1:22)
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Prov. 24:12• 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not,{HR}Will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it?{HR}And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth [it];{HR}And he rendereth to man according to his work. (Prov. 24:12)
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1 Sam. 16:7• 7But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart. (1 Sam. 16:7)
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Jer. 17:10• 10I Jehovah 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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Luke 16:15• 15And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)
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John 2:24‑25• 24But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, inasmuch as he knew all [men],
 25and because he needed not that any should testify of man, for himself knew what was in man. (John 2:24‑25)
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Rev. 2:23• 23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth reins and hearts; and I will give you each according to your works. (Rev. 2:23)
• Men will excuse and explain away in themselves what in others would be censured with severity. The Lord beholds the heart, and takes notice of the pride gnawing like a worm at the root. Not he who commends himself, but he who is commended by God, is approved. See Paul (1 Cor. 4:4). (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Every way of a man [is] straight in his own eyes;{HR}But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.