Proverbs 5:21
Verse 21 of 23. The 5th of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19Let 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.
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs 5:21 in the World English Bible
For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths.Read Proverbs 5:21 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:21
"See the eye of God always upon thee and let his fear rule in thy heart," v. 21. Those that live in this sin promise themselves secresy (the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Job xxiv. 15); but to what purpose, when it cannot be hidden from God? For, 1. He sees it.
Read Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:15–23: Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined.
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