Proverbs 3:5
Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In Context
4And so shall you discover grace and good discipline, in the sight of God and men.
6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.
Cross References
Ezra 8:23And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.
Psalms 37:3For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
Psalms 37:7I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
Psalms 115:9I will repay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people,
Psalms 146:3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
Proverbs 22:19so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.
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 →