Proverbs 5:21
The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
20Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another ?
22His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.
Cross References
Job 14:16Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.
Job 31:4Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
Psalms 11:4For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
Psalms 139:3In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall multiply strength in my soul.
Jeremiah 16:17For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid 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 →