Proverbs 5:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

One more warning. The sin is not against man, nor dependent on man’s detection only. The secret sin is open before the eyes of Yahweh. In the balance of His righteous judgment are weighed all human acts.

Pondereth - Note the recurrence of the word used of the harlot herself (see Proverbs 1:6 note): she ponders not, God does.

Proverbs 5:21

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.