Proverbs 3:7
Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
In Context
6In all your ways, consider him, and he himself will direct your steps.
8Certainly, it shall be health to your navel, and refreshment to your bones.
Cross References
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz named Job, and he was a simple and honest man, fearing God and withdrawing from evil.
Psalms 34:11Unfair witnesses have risen up, interrogating me about things of which I am ignorant.
Proverbs 14:27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, so as to turn aside from the ruin of death.
Proverbs 26:12Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.
Romans 11:25For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.
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 →