Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
World Messianic 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
20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
22The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Cross References
Job 14:16But now you count my steps. Don’t you watch over my sin?
Job 31:4Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Psalms 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple. The LORD is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
Psalms 119:168I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.
Psalms 139:3You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Jeremiah 16:17For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t 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 →