Proverbs 16:3
Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.
Catholic Public Domain 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 open to his eyes; the Lord is the one who weighs spirits.
4The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.
Cross References
Job 5:8Therefore, because of this, I will beg the Lord, and place my eloquence before God.
Psalms 37:4There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.
Isaiah 7:5For Syria has undertaken a plan against you, with the evil of Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:
Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples: “And so I say to you: Do not choose to be anxious about your life, as to what you may eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear.
1 Peter 5:7Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of 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 →