Proverbs 21:2
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
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A great curse on humanity is every man's arrogant confidence in his own opinions. Only a few men learn to distrust their own ideas, and they are great and wise men in the earth. It is a horrible handicap for a man to allow his opinions and thoughts to remain unchecked in his mind. He will make disastrous blunders in his life and be destroyed.
The LORD Jehovah, creator of heaven and earth, sees and considers every human heart as to their motives, their humility, their fear for Him, their reverence of His Word, and their use of counselors and teachers. He has no regard for any man or his opinions, for He knows that all the thoughts of all men are foolish and vain (I Cor 3:18-20).
From a foolish teenager driving faster than the speed limit to a promiscuous sodomite, each person thinks he is right and will not suffer for his actions. They rush blindly forward in conceited folly to their own destruction. This is a very evil aspect of man's inherent depravity, and only the grace of God can check it from consuming each man.
The man with cruel or vain thoughts justifies himself and condemns others, because he presumes he is right! What a perverse and profane error! What horrible self-deceit! The woman with an obnoxious mouth cannot stop talking, for she arrogantly presumes others should appreciate her odious belches. The evildoer presumes as well that he is right.
Men approach the Bible with the same arrogance. Though barely removed from their mother's breasts, they pontificate on settled matters. They decide women are equal partners in marriage, capital punishment is cruel, election is a horrible doctrine, sprinkling babies is as good as immersing believers, and a Baal tree at the winter solstice by order of the Pope honors Jesus. But the LORD Jehovah ponders their wicked hearts.
Do they think He doesn't see? He fills heaven and earth (Jer 23:23-24)! He knows the thoughts and intents of every heart, and all things are naked and opened before His holy eyes (Heb 4:12-13). Your most intimate and secret fantasies are exposed (5:20-21). The Jews found our Lord's perception to be supernatural more than once (Matt 9:3-4)!
Reader! Cure your disease! End your curse! Humble yourself, and worship your Creator (9:10)! Hate vain thoughts, even your own (Ps 119:113; 101:2)! Ask God to search your heart for them (Ps 139:23-24). Esteem Scripture above all other knowledge, and hate every contrary idea (Ps 119:128). For major decisions, use a multitude of counselors (15:22). "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil" (3:7).
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