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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 is 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 Jehovah weigheth the hearts. (Prov. 21:2)
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Prov. 30:12• 12there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are 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 to him, Blessed art thou of Jehovah: I have fulfilled the word of Jehovah.
 14And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of oxen which I hear? (1 Sam. 15:13‑14)
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Psa. 36:2• 2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is 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 potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 23How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done--a swift dromedary traversing her ways! (Jer. 2:22‑23)
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Luke 18:9‑11• 9And he spoke also to some, who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and made nothing of all the rest of men, this parable:
 10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer.
 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. (Luke 18:9‑11)
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Rom. 7:7‑9• 7What shall we say then? is the law sin? Far be the thought. But I had not known sin, unless by law: for I had not had conscience also of lust unless the law had said, Thou shalt not lust;
 8but sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, wrought in me every lust; for without law sin was dead.
 9But *I* was alive without law once; but the commandment having come, sin revived, but *I* died. (Rom. 7:7‑9)
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Prov. 5:21• 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths. (Prov. 5:21)
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Prov. 24:12• 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; 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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Isa. 26:7• 7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even. (Isa. 26:7)
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Jer. 17:10• 10I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, 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 to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)
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Rev. 2:18,23• 18And to the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: These things says the Son of God, he that has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass:
 23and her children will I kill with death; and all the assemblies shall know that *I* am he that searches the reins and the hearts; and I will give to you each 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.