Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.
Brenton Septuagint
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
20Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.
22Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.
Cross References
Job 14:16But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?
Job 31:4Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?
Psalms 11:4Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words:
Psalms 139:3Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war.
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine 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 →