Proverbs 5:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the ways of a person are in front of the LORD’s eyes, and the LORD weighs all that person’s paths.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 4:13 : 13 And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
  • Job 31:4 : 4 Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?
  • Job 34:21 : 21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.
  • Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
  • Jer 16:17 : 17 For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD’s throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people.
  • Jer 32:19 : 19 You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.
  • Hos 7:2 : 2 They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.
  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 Certainly the LORD watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.”
  • Job 14:16 : 16 The Present Condition“Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful.
  • Ps 119:168 : 168 I keep your precepts and rules, for you are aware of everything I do.
  • Ps 139:1-9 : 1 For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives. 3 You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do. 4 Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it. 5 You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. 6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. 7 Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? 8 If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. 9 If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea, 10 even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. 11 If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,” 12 even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve.
  • Jer 23:24 : 24 “Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the LORD asks.“Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the LORD asks.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 34:21
    86%

    21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • Prov 20:24
    81%

    24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD– so how can anyone understand his own way?

  • Prov 21:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • Prov 16:2
    76%

    2All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.

  • Prov 15:3
    76%

    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

  • Prov 16:9
    76%

    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Prov 21:8
    75%

    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Prov 5:6
    75%

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Prov 4:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

  • Job 31:4
    74%

    4Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?

  • Ps 37:23
    74%

    23The LORD grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable.

  • Prov 2:20
    74%

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 5:20
    74%

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 10:9
    73%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 3:6
    73%

    6Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.

  • Job 22:15
    73%

    15Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked–

  • Prov 14:12
    73%

    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Eccl 11:9
    73%

    9Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

  • Prov 19:21
    73%

    21There are many plans in a person’s mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

  • Jer 16:17
    73%

    17For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.

  • Prov 19:3
    73%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Jer 10:23
    72%

    23LORD, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.

  • Prov 5:22
    72%

    22The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

  • Prov 7:25
    72%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Prov 22:12
    72%

    12The eyes of the LORD watched over a cause, and subverted the words of the treacherous person.

  • Prov 7:8
    72%

    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Ps 17:5
    71%

    5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

  • Prov 16:25
    71%

    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Jer 32:19
    71%

    19You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.

  • Prov 22:5
    71%

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 14:15
    71%

    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

  • Jer 17:10
    71%

    10I, the LORD, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

  • Job 36:25
    71%

    25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

  • Prov 21:29
    71%

    29A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 20:11
    71%

    11Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

  • Prov 21:12
    71%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

  • Prov 24:12
    71%

    12If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?

  • Hos 14:9
    71%

    9Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

  • Prov 30:19
    70%

    19the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.

  • Prov 15:11
    70%

    11Death and Destruction are before the LORD– how much more the hearts of humans!

  • Job 24:23
    70%

    23God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Prov 23:19
    70%

    19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • Prov 7:22
    70%

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

  • Prov 2:15
    70%

    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;