Proverbs 5:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ For human ways are under the eyes of the Lord, and he examines all their paths.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, And he pondereth all his goings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely, and godly] carefully weighs all man's goings. [II Chron. 16:9; Job 31:4; 34:21; Prov. 15:3; Jer. 16:17; Hos. 7:2; Heb. 4:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

Common English Bible

²¹ The LORD’s eyes watch over every person’s path, observing all their ways.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ The Lord beholds the ways of man, and he considers all his steps.

Proverbs 5:21 Cross References

Hebrews 4:13

And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.

Proverbs 15:3

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Jeremiah 32:19

great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of mortals, rewarding all according to their ways and according to the fruit of their doings.

Job 34:21

“For his eyes are upon the ways of mortals, and he sees all their steps.

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven. His eyes behold; his gaze examines humankind.

Job 31:4

Does he not see my ways and number all my steps?

Hosea 7:2

But they do not consider that I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.

Jeremiah 23:24

Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 16:17

For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my presence, nor is their iniquity concealed from my sight.

Psalm 119:168

I keep your precepts and decrees, for all my ways are before you.

Psalm 17:3

If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.

Job 14:16

For then you would not number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth to strengthen those whose heart is true to him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord test the mind and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their doings.

Revelation 2:23

and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you as your works deserve.

Revelation 2:18

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze:

Proverbs 4:26

Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

Proverbs 5:6

She does not keep straight to the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.

Jeremiah 29:23

because they have perpetrated outrage in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them; I am the one who knows and bears witness, says the Lord.

Job 24:23

He gives them security, and they are supported; his eyes are upon their ways.