Apples of Gold
A Word Fitly Spoken — Proverbs 25:11
Proverbs 16:2
June 27, 2026
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Proverbs 16:2
“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”
— Proverbs 16:2
✦ Golden Insight
“The truth at the heart of this verse
A man’s eyes flatter him, but the Lord’s scales never lie.
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✦ Frame of Silver
“The context and setting that shapes its meaning”
We are quick to declare ourselves clean.
We excuse motives, soften intentions, and polish our own reflections.
But the Lord weighs what we cannot see — the hidden drift of the heart, the quiet lean of the will, the secret gravity beneath our choices.
His scales do not bend to our self assessment.
He measures truth, not appearance.
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✦ Fruit of Christ
“How this truth bears fruit in a life following Christ”
Christ alone stood before the Father with a spirit perfectly weighed and found wanting nothing.
His purity exposes our self deception, yet His mercy covers our lack.
In Him, the heart is searched without being destroyed, and cleansed without being condemned.
He is the One who makes the inward man true.
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“And the truth held firm.”
— Ophel
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