Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 3:5
5Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;
Proverbs 3:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- New International Version (NIV)Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
Context of Proverbs 3:5
3Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you. Tie them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Then you will find favor and high regard with God and people. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight. 7Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:5 word by word
בְּטַ֣ח אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בְּכָל־לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְאֶל־בִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗ אַל־תִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:5
- Proverbs 22:19I have instructed you today — even you — so that your confidence may be in the Lord.
- Job 13:15Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend my ways before him.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before him. God is our refuge.Selah
- Psalms 115:9Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield.
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be shaken; it remains forever.
- Psalms 146:3Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, who cannot save.
- Isaiah 12:2Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust him and not be afraid, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”
- Isaiah 26:3You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you.
- Jeremiah 17:7The person who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.
- Ephesians 1:12so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.
- Proverbs 3:7Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
- Proverbs 23:4Don’t wear yourself out to get rich; because you know better, stop!
- Proverbs 28:26The one who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- Jeremiah 9:23“‘This is what the Lord says: The wise person should not boast in his wisdom; the strong should not boast in his strength; the wealthy should not boast in his wealth.
- Jeremiah 10:23I know, Lord, that a person’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Trust in the Lord with all thine heart - This is a most important precept: God is the Fountain of all good. He has made his intelligent creatures dependent upon himself. He requires them to be conscious of that dependence. He has promised to communicate what they need. He commands them to believe his promise, and look for its fulfillment. And to do this without doubt, fear, or distrust; "with their whole heart." Lean not unto thine own understanding…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5In preaching “trust in God” the moralist anticipates the teaching that man is justified by faith. To confide in God‘s will, the secret of all true greatness, is to rise out of all our anxieties and plans and fears when we think of ourselves as the arbiters of our own fortunes, and so “lean to our own understanding.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6On the journey to wisdom, God guides us through the wisdom in his word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Trust ... heart--This is the center and marrow of true wisdom (Pr 22:19; 28:25). The positive duty has its corresponding negation in the admonition against self-confidence.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 3
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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