Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 3:7
7Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Adonai and turn away from evil.
Proverbs 3:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
Context of Proverbs 3:7
5Trust in Adonai with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Adonai and turn away from evil. 8It will be healing to your body and refreshment to your bones. 9Honor Adonai with your wealth and with the first of your entire harvest.
Read all of Proverbs 3Proverbs 3:7 word by word
אַל־תְּהִ֣י חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ יְרָ֥א אֶת־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וְס֣וּר מֵרָֽע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:7
- Proverbs 26:12Do you see one wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than him.
- Isaiah 5:21Oy to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight!
- Romans 11:25For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be ignorant of this mystery—lest you be wise in your own eyes—that a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;
- Romans 12:16Live in harmony with one another; do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own eyes.
- Proverbs 14:27The fear of Adonai is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth is iniquity atoned, and by the fear of Adonai one avoids evil.
- Nehemiah 5:15The earlier governors, those preceding me, placed heavy burdens on the people, and took bread and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their attendants also lorded over the people. But I did not do so, out of fear of God.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Now that man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
- Job 28:28And He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord —that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”’
- Psalms 34:11Young lions may lack, and go hungry, but those who seek Adonai want for no good thing.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13A final word, when all has been heard: Fear God and keep His mitzvot! For this applies to all mankind.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The great hindrance to all true wisdom is the thought that we have already attained it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul, but to the health of the body. Worldly wealth is but poor substance, yet, such as it is, we must honour God with it; and those that do good with what they have, shall have more to do more good with. Should the Lord visit us with trials and sickness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12The Lord blesses people who trust him and seek his guidance. His correction helps those who follow him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. (Compare Pr 27:2; Ro 12:16). fear ... evil--reverentially regarding His law.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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