3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
3 God doesn't miss a thing - he's alert to good and evil alike.
3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
3 The Lord is watching everywhere, keeping his eye on both the evil and the good.
9 because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.
9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
9 for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
9 A huge door of opportunity for good work has opened up here. (There is also mushrooming opposition.)
9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.
9 There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me.
(Read 1 Corinthians 16:1-9)
The good examples of other Christians and churches should rouse us. It is good to lay up in store for good uses. Those who are rich in this world, should be rich in good works, James 4:15. Adversaries and opposition do not break the spirits of faithful and successful ministers, but warm their zeal, and inspire them with fresh courage. A faithful minister is more discouraged by the hardness of his hearers' hearts, and the backslidings of professors, than by the enemies' attempts.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 15:3
Commentary on Proverbs 15:3
(Read Proverbs 15:3)
Secret sins, services, and sorrows, are under God's eye. This speaks comfort to saints, and terror to sinners.