Proverbs 5:21
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
Berean Standard Bible
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 be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Cross References
Job 14:16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
Psalms 119:168I obey Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You.
Psalms 139:3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Jeremiah 16:17For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not 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 →