Proverbs 5:21
For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?
Cross References
Job 14:16But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.
Job 31:4Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?
Psalms 11:4The Lord is in his holy palace: the Lordes throne is in the heauen: his eyes wil consider: his eye lids will try the children of men.
Psalms 119:168I haue kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my wayes are before thee.
Psalms 139:3Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are vpon al their wayes: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquitie 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 →