Proverbs 16:2

man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.

clean. pure

own eyes. Compare Proverbs 12:15 Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 21:2. Conscience is no safe guide, for it depends on what. man believes. Illustrations: Hazael (2 Kings 8:13); Jehu (2 Kings 10:16; 2 Kings 10:31); the Pharisee (Luke 18:11-14); Paul (Acts 26:9. Compare Proverbs 9:4; 1 Timothy 1:13 and Romans 7:9).

weigheth. With moral and spiritual weights.

the spirits. spirits (no Art.) Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Cp. 1 Corinthians 4:4 .
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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Weigheth — Exactly knows as men do the things which they weigh. Spirits — The hearts of men.

² All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 16:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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