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Proverbs 5:21
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.
Proverbs 5:21 · Bible in Basic English
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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 blessing be on your fountain; have joy in the wife of your early years.
19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.
20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.
22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
23 He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.
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