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Proverbs 5:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths. "

Proverbs 5:21

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19 A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

21 For the ways of man are before the LORD’s eyes. He examines all his paths.

22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.

23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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Job 34:21

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Proverbs 16:2

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"All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives."

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Proverbs 21:2

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"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts."

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"Their ways are ever before him. They will not be hidden from his eyes."

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Hosea 14:9

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"Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them."

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Jeremiah 17:10

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"“I, the LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”"

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Proverbs 5:1

"My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding,"

Proverbs 5:2

"that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge."

Proverbs 5:3

"For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,"

Proverbs 5:4

"but in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword."

Proverbs 5:5

"Her feet go down to death. Her steps lead straight to Sheol."

Proverbs 5:6

"She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it."

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