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Proverbs 16:2

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Open. Or approved. (Menochius) Hebrew, "pure in his own eyes. "He sees not his own defects, chap. xxi. 2., and Job xxviii. 23. (Calmet)

John Chrysostom

AD 407
Besides being bright, certainly light (as it is) is conspicuous. As it does its work everyone observes it. In the same way, the humble person shows us in no small way what is right. For a contrite person will nevertheless excel in great things. But God does not desire to acknowledge the deeds of the proud. Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon, Fragment

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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