Proverbs 16:3
Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes shall be established.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
In Context
2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the spirits.
4LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Cross References
Job 5:8But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,
Psalms 37:4Delight thyself also in LORD, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Psalms 55:22(Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)
Isaiah 7:5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,
Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.
1 Peter 5:7having cast all your concern upon him, because he cares for you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:3
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits. Note, 1. We are all apt to be partial in judging of ourselves: All the ways of a man, all his designs, all his doings, are clean in his own eyes, and he sees nothing amiss in them, nothing for which to condemn himself, or which should make his projects prove otherwise than well; and therefore he is confident of success, and that the answer of the tongue shall be according to the expectations of the heart; but there is a great… Read the whole commentary →