Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits. In the reign of King Charles I the goldsmiths of London had a custom of weighing several sorts of their precious metals before the Privy Council. On this occasion they made use of scales poised with such exquisite nicety that the beam would turn, the master of the Company affirmed, at the two hundredth part of a grain. Nay, the famous Attorney-General replied, "I shall be loth, then, to have all my actions weighed in these scales." "With whom I heartily concur," says the pious Hervey, "in relation to myself; and since the balances of the sanctuary, the balances in God's hand, are infinitely exact, oh! what need have we of the merit and righteousness of Christ, to make us acceptable in His sight, and passable in His esteem!" Parallel Verses KJV: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.WEB: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives. |
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