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Proverbs 16:3
3Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
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 purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. 2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established. 4Jehovah hath wrought everything on his own account, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 5Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:3 word by word
גֹּ֣ל אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 16:3
- Job 5:8But as for me I will seek unto God, and unto God commit my cause;
- Psalms 37:4and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
- Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
- Matthew 6:25For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?
- Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.
- Philippians 4:6Be careful about nothing; but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
- 1 Peter 5:7having cast all your care upon him, for he cares about you.
- Job 22:28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
- Isaiah 7:5Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, 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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