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Proverbs 15:3
3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.
Context of Proverbs 15:3
1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. 4The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. 5A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
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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 your ways are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all your paths.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”
- Job 34:21“His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.
- Jeremiah 16:17My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.
- Jeremiah 23:24Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 32:19great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.
- Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give 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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