Proverbs 3:4
and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
In Context
5Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
Cross References
Genesis 39:2And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:21And Jehovah was with Joseph, and extended mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the chief of the tower-house.
1 Samuel 2:21So Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before Jehovah.
Psalms 111:10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do [his precepts]: his praise abideth for ever.
Luke 2:52And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.
Romans 14:18For he that in this serves the Christ [is] acceptable to God and approved of men.
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 →