Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 16:2

2 All the ways of man are clean in his own eyes , but the LORD weigheth the spirits .

Many Men can easily flatter and deceive themselves into a good opinion of themselves, and of their own actions, though they be sinful. See below, v. 25. and compare 1 Cor. 4. 4.

i. e. Exactly knoweth, as men do the things which they weigh and examine.

The hearts of men, from which both mens actions, and the goodness and badness of them in a great measure, proceeds, their ends and intentions, their dispositions and affections, which are hid not onely from others, but oft times from a mans self; whereby he is unfit to judge in his own cause, and easily mistaken, if he do not use great diligence and fidelity. In this last clause he intimates the reason why men deceive themselves, in judging of their state and Actions, because they do not search their own hearts.

Marginal references: Chap. [illegible: 1+ letters]1▪