Proverbs 3:5
Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In Context
4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
Cross References
Ezra 8:23So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
Psalms 37:3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
Psalms 37:7Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
Psalms 115:9O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Psalms 146:3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Proverbs 22:19So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:2-7
Communion Conferred by Wisdom. 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. We are… Read the whole commentary →