Proverbs 16:2 (BSB)

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:2

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:2: Note, 1. We are all apt to be partial in judging of ourselves: All the ways of a man, all his designs, all his doings, are clean in his own eyes, and he sees nothing amiss in them, nothing for which to condemn himself, or which should make his projects prove otherwise than well; and therefore he is confident of success, and that the answer...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:2: All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,.... All right and well, not only some, but all, having a high opinion of himself; for this is to be understood of a self-righteous man, who is pure in his own eyes, though not cleansed from his filthiness, and so fancies every way he walks in, and everything he does, is pure; this...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:2: clean--or, "faultless." weigheth--or, "tries," "judges," implying that they are faulty (Pro 21:2; Pro 24:12).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 16:2: All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. (b) He shows by it that man flatters himself in his doings, calling that virtue, which God terms vice.