21 For the ways of man are before the [a]eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his paths.

22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his own sin.

23 He shall [b]die for fault of instruction, and shall go astray through his great folly.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:21 He declareth that except man do join to his wife both in heart and in outward conversation, that he shall not escape the judgments of God.
  2. Proverbs 5:23 Because he will not give ear to God’s word and be admonished.

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