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Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
Proverbs 5:21 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 5:21 in other translations
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths.
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In context
18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.
19 As a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.
20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
23 He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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