English Standard Version
Proverbs 16:3
3Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
Context of Proverbs 16:3
1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. 4The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. 5Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination 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 to God would I commit my cause,
- Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
- Matthew 6:25"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
- Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.
- Philippians 4:6do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
- 1 Peter 5:7casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
- Job 22:28You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways.
- Isaiah 7:5Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, 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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