Proverbs 16:2-3

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

³Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.c

Proverbs 16 is a dense collection of wisdom sayings that circle around a single, staggering claim: the Lord is sovereign over every human plan, every motive of the heart, and every outcome of history. The chapter opens with the famous declaration that while humans arrange their t

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a: v.1 — Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 16:9, Luke 21:14-15, Philippians 2:13, Proverbs 20:24, Matthew 10:19-20, Luke 12:11-12, Jeremiah 10:23, Ezekiel 36:26-27, Proverbs 21:1
b: v.2 — Proverbs 21:2, 1 Samuel 16:7, Luke 16:15, Proverbs 30:12, Jeremiah 17:10, Proverbs 24:12, Psalms 36:2, Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 5:21, Luke 18:9-11
c: v.3 — Psalms 37:4-5, Proverbs 3:6, Psalms 55:22, Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7, Job 22:28, Job 5:8, Luke 12:22, Matthew 6:25-34, Isaiah 7:5-7
d: v.4 — 2 Peter 2:9, Isaiah 43:21, Romans 9:22, Isaiah 43:7, 1 Peter 2:8, Revelation 4:11, Job 21:30, 2 Peter 2:3, Romans 11:36
e: v.5 — Proverbs 6:16-17, Proverbs 11:21, Proverbs 8:13, Romans 2:8-9, James 4:6, Job 40:12, Isaiah 3:11, Exodus 20:7
f: v.6 — Proverbs 14:16, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Job 28:28, Daniel 4:27, Proverbs 14:27, Luke 11:41, Proverbs 8:13, Job 1:1-8, Proverbs 20:28, Acts 15:9
g: v.7 — Romans 8:31, 1 John 3:22, 2 Chronicles 17:10, Colossians 1:10, Jeremiah 15:11, Hebrews 13:21, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 32:28, Colossians 3:20, Acts 9:19-20
h: v.8 — Proverbs 15:16, Psalms 37:16, 1 Timothy 6:6-9, Jeremiah 17:11, Proverbs 21:6-7, Micah 6:10
i: v.9 — Proverbs 19:21, Psalms 37:23, Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 20:24, Jeremiah 10:23, Proverbs 21:30, Isaiah 46:10
j: v.12 — Proverbs 25:5, Proverbs 29:14, Proverbs 28:9, Luke 12:48, Deuteronomy 25:16, Revelation 19:11, Psalms 99:4, Proverbs 20:18
k: v.16 — Proverbs 8:10-11, Matthew 16:26, Proverbs 8:19, Ecclesiastes 7:12, Proverbs 3:15-18, Proverbs 4:7, Luke 12:21, Job 28:13-28, Psalms 119:127
l: v.17 — Isaiah 35:8, Proverbs 10:9, Proverbs 19:16, Titus 2:10-14, Revelation 3:10, Proverbs 4:24-27, Jude 1:21, Matthew 24:13, Acts 10:35, Acts 24:16
m: v.18 — Proverbs 11:2, Isaiah 2:11-12, Proverbs 18:12, Obadiah 1:3-4, Proverbs 29:23, 1 Timothy 3:6, Proverbs 17:19, Romans 11:20, Esther 6:6, Daniel 4:30-37
n: v.20 — Jeremiah 17:7-8, Psalms 2:12, Isaiah 30:18, Isaiah 26:3-4, Psalms 34:8, Proverbs 19:8, Daniel 1:19-21, Daniel 6:23, Psalms 146:5, Proverbs 8:35
o: v.21 — Proverbs 16:23-24, Isaiah 50:4, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 27:9, James 3:17, John 7:46, Luke 4:22, Psalms 45:2, 1 Kings 3:12, Ecclesiastes 12:10
p: v.24 — Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 24:13-14, Proverbs 25:11-12, Proverbs 4:22, Proverbs 23:16, Proverbs 3:8, Psalms 119:103, Proverbs 27:9, Psalms 19:10, Proverbs 15:26
q: v.25 — Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 12:15, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Proverbs 12:26, Isaiah 28:15-19, John 7:47-49, Acts 26:9, John 9:40
r: v.31 — Proverbs 20:29, Leviticus 19:32, Proverbs 3:1-2, 1 Samuel 12:2-5, Proverbs 17:6, Luke 2:29-38, Luke 1:6, Philemon 1:9, Genesis 47:7-10, Ecclesiastes 4:13
s: v.32 — James 1:19, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 25:28, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 19:11, Romans 12:21, Psalms 103:8, Ephesians 5:1, Revelation 3:21, Proverbs 16:19
t: v.33 — Proverbs 18:18, Jonah 1:7, Acts 1:26, Proverbs 29:26, 1 Samuel 14:41-42, Numbers 26:55-65, Joshua 18:5, Joshua 7:14, Nehemiah 11:1, Joshua 18:10

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