New English Translation
Proverbs 15:3
3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
Proverbs 15:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
- New International Version (NIV)The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
Context of Proverbs 15:3
1A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath. 2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly. The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good. 4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit. 5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.
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בְּֽכָל־מָ֭קוֹם עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה צֹ֝פ֗וֹת רָעִ֥ים וטוֹבִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 15:3
- Proverbs 5:21For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.
- Job 34:21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.
- Jeremiah 16:17For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
- Jeremiah 23:24“Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. “Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the Lord asks.
- Jeremiah 32:19You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.
- Hebrews 4:13And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
Commentaries on Proverbs 15:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The eyes of the Lord are in every place - He not only sees all things, by his omnipresence, but his providence is everywhere. And if the consideration that his eye is in every place, have a tendency to appal those whose hearts are not right before him, and who seek for privacy, that they may commit iniquity; yet the other consideration, that his providence is everywhere, has a great tendency to encourage the upright, and all who may be in perilous or…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The teaching which began with the fear of the Lord Proverbs 1:7 would not be complete without this assertion of His omni-present knowledge.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3Verse 3 Secret sins, services, and sorrows, are under God's eye. This speaks comfort to saints, and terror to sinners.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Knowing that the eyes of the Lord watch everywhere motivates wise behavior.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. beholding--watching (compare Pr 5:21; Psa 66:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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