Proverbs 16:2-3

²All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the spirits.b

³Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will 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