Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Omnis via viri recta sibi videtur : appendit autem corda Dominus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πᾶς ἀνὴρ φαίνεται ἑαυτῷ δίκαιος, κατευθύνει δὲ καρδίας Κύριος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כָּֽל דֶּרֶךְ אִ֭ישׁ יָשָׁ֣ר בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְתֹכֵ֖ן לִבּ֣וֹת יְהוָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine A Treatise on the Predestination of the Saints, Old Testament Testimonies
Therefore also it is in vain that objectors have alleged, that what we have proved by Scripture testimony from the books of Kings and Chronicles is not pertinent to the subject of which we are discoursing: such, for instance, as that when God wills that to be done which ought only to be done by the willing men, their hearts are inclined to will this, inclined, that is to say, by His power, who, in a marvellous and ineffable manner, worketh in us also to will. What else is this than to say nothing, and yet to contradict? Unless perchance, they have given some reason to you for the view that they have taken, which reason you have preferred to say nothing about in your letters. But what that reason can be I do not know. …