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Proverbs 16:3
3Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].
Proverbs 16:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- New International Version (NIV)Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established.
Context of Proverbs 16:3
1The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], But the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth]. Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. 4The Lord has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil. 5Everyone who is proud and arrogant in heart is disgusting and exceedingly offensive to the Lord; Be assured he will not go unpunished.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:3 word by word
גֹּ֣ל אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:3
- Job 5:8“As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him, And I would commit my cause to God;
- Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the Lord, And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.
- Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).
- Matthew 6:25“Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?
- Luke 12:22Jesus said to His disciples, “For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; or about your body, as to what you will wear.
- Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.
- 1 Peter 5:7casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].
- Job 22:28You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.
- Isaiah 7:5Because Aram, along with Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying,
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Commit thy works unto the Lord - See that what thou doest is commanded; and then begin, continue, and end all in his name. And thy thoughts shall be established - these schemes or arrangements, though formed in the heart, are agreeable to the Divine will, and therefore shall be established. His thoughts - his meditations - are right; and he begins and ends his work in the Lord; and therefore all issues well.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Commit - literally, as in the margin, as a man transfers a burden from his own back to one stronger and better able to bear it. Compare the margin reference. Thy thoughts - i. e., The plans or counsels out of which the works spring.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3Verse 3 Roll the burden of thy care upon God, and leave it with him, by faith and dependence on him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God should support our plans (Proverbs 16:1), so it is wise to ask for his help to achieve our goals (see James 4:13–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. (Compare Margin). Rely on God for success to your lawful purposes.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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