Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 3:5
5Trust in Yhwh with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine 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
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Trust in Yhwh with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear Yhwh, and depart from evil.
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בְּטַ֣ח אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בְּכָל־לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְאֶל־בִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗ אַל־תִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:5
- Proverbs 22:19That thy trust may be in Yhwh, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
- Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in Yhwh, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalms 115:9O Israel, trust thou in Yhwh: he is their help and their shield.
- Psalms 125:1They that trust in Yhwh shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
- Psalms 146:3Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for Yah Yhwh is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isaiah 26:3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- Jeremiah 17:7Blessed is the man that trusteth in Yhwh, and whose hope Yhwh is.
- Ephesians 1:12That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
- Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear Yhwh, and depart from evil.
- Proverbs 23:4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
- Proverbs 28:26He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
- Jeremiah 9:23Thus saith Yhwh, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Jeremiah 10:23O Yhwh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his 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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