Proverbs 5:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 5:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 5:21 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 5:21 — KJV
“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.”
— Proverbs 5:21 (KJV)
Proverbs 5:21 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 5:21
“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 5:21: before, eyes, lord
“And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 5:21: before, eyes, lord
“And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 5:21: ways, before, lord
“The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 5:21: before, eyes, lord
“Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 5:21: before, eyes, lord
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