Proverbs 5:21

For the drakhim ish are before the eyes of Hashem, 1 and He pondereth all his ma'agalot (paths). 1

Orthodox Jewish 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

20And why wilt thou, beni (my son), be intoxicated with a zarah (strange woman), 1 and embrace the kheyk (bosom) of a nochriyah (foreign [heathen] woman)? 1

22His own avonot shall entrap the rashah himself, 1 and he shall be held fast by the cords of his chattat. 1

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Cross References

Job 14:16For now Thou countest my steps. 1 Dost Thou not watch over my chattat? 1

Job 31:4Doth not He see my derech, 1 and count all my steps? 1

Psalms 11:4Hashem is in His Heikhal Kodesh, 1 Hashemʼs kisse is in Shomayim; 1 His eyes examine, 1 His eyelids try, Bnei Adam. 1

Psalms 119:168I have kept Thy pikkudim and Thy edot; 1 for all my ways are before Thee. ת TAV 1

Psalms 139:3Thou comprehendeth my path and my lying down, 1 and art acquainted with all my drakhim. 1

Jeremiah 16:17For Mine eyes are upon all their drakhim; they are not hid from My face, neither is their avon (iniquity) hid 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 →

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