Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And he weigheth well all his paths.
Noyes 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, then, my son, wilt thou be ravished with a wanton, And embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Cross References
Job 14:16But now thou numberest my steps; Thou watchest over my sins.
Job 31:4Doth He not see my ways, And number all my steps?
Psalms 11:4The LORD is in his holy palace; The LORD'S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids prove the children of men.
Psalms 119:168I keep thy precepts and thine ordinances; For all my ways are before thee.
Psalms 139:3Thou seest my path and my lying-down, And art acquainted with all my ways!
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; They are not concealed from my view, Nor is their iniquity 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 →