Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of LORD, and he makes level all his paths.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
In Context
22His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
Cross References
Job 14:16But now thou number my steps. Do thou not watch over my sin?
Job 31:4Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps?
Psalms 11:4LORD is in his holy temple. LORD's throne is in heaven. His eyes, behold, his eyelids try, the sons of men.
Psalms 119:168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies, for all my ways are before thee.
Psalms 139:3Thou search out my path and my laying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Jeremiah 16:17For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hid from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:16-23
Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange… Read the whole commentary →