All the ways of a man are [a]clean in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.

[b]Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be directed.

The Lord hath made all things for his own sake: yea, even the wicked for the day of [c]evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:2 He showeth hereby that man flattereth himself in his doings, calling that virtue, which God termeth vice.
  2. Proverbs 16:3 Hebrew, role.
  3. Proverbs 16:4 So that the justice of God shall appear to his glory, even in the destruction of the wicked.

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