Proverbs 5:21

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

Cross-reference

Proverbs 15:3 reinforces that the Lord's eyes are everywhere, watching both evil and good, echoing this same truth.

Proverbs 24:12 adds that God who weighs hearts knows even what we claim ignorance of, and will repay each person.

Proverbs 16:2 contrasts human self-assessment ('pure in own eyes') with God's true weighing of the spirit, showing the difference from God's perspective.

In Revelation 2:23, Christ says He searches hearts and gives according to works, directly paralleling God pondering all goings.

Revelation 2:18 depicts Christ with eyes like fire, symbolizing His penetrating sight that judges all — a NT echo of God's all-seeing eye.

Hebrews 4:13 declares all creatures are manifest to God's sight, reinforcing that nothing escapes His observation.

Hosea 7:2 Parallel

In Hosea 7:2, God remembers all wickedness and says their doings are before His face, echoing that He ponders all goings.

Jeremiah 32:19 explicitly says God's eyes are open on all ways of men to give them according to their deeds — the same principle.

In Jeremiah 23:24, God's rhetorical question about hiding from His sight reinforces that no action is hidden from Him.

Jeremiah 17:10 Related theme

Jeremiah 17:10 adds that God searches the heart and tests the mind, showing deeper examination of one's ways.

Jeremiah 16:17 confirms God's eyes are on all ways, nothing hidden—directly reinforcing His pondering all paths.

Psalm 139:1–12 Related theme

Psalm 139:1-12 expands on God's exhaustive knowledge of every action and thought, intensifying the theme of divine observation.

Psalm 17:3 Related theme

Psalm 17:3 describes God testing the heart and visiting by night, specifying how He examines one's ways.

Psalm 11:4 Related theme

Psalm 11:4 declares God's eyes behold and test humanity, consistent with His pondering all paths here.

Job 34:21 Parallel

Job 34:21 states God's eyes are on man's ways and He sees every step, a near verbatim parallel.

Job 31:4 Parallel

Job 31:4 affirms God sees all ways and counts every step, directly paralleling His scrutiny of human paths.

2 Chronicles 16:9 Related theme

2 Chronicles 16:9 adds that God's eyes range the earth to support the blameless, deepening the promise of His watchfulness.

Psalm 139:3 Parallel

Psalm 139:3 says God searches out every path and is acquainted with all ways, directly parallel to God pondering all paths.

Psalm 119:168 echoes the same phrase—'all my ways are before you'—affirming that God sees every action.

Psalm 90:8 Parallel

Psalm 90:8 declares God sets even secret sins before His light, reinforcing that no path is hidden from Him.

Jeremiah 29:23 shows God as witness to secret adultery and false prophecy, emphasizing that He knows hidden sins.

Job 24:23 Parallel

Job 24:23 states God's eyes are upon the ways of the wicked even in security — the same divine surveillance.

Job 14:16 Parallel

In Job 14:16, Job acknowledges God numbers his steps and watches over sin, matching the idea that God ponders all goings.

2 Samuel 22:25 mentions God recompensing according to cleanness in His eye sight, showing He weighs our ways.

In Genesis 16:13, Hagar names God 'Thou God seest me,' affirming the same truth that God sees every situation.

Isaiah 37:28 describes God knowing every movement of Sennacherib—sitting, going out, coming in—applying the principle to a specific enemy.

Amos 9:8 Parallel

Amos 9:8 says God's eyes are on the sinful kingdom for judgment, a national application of His awareness of all ways.