Proverbs 16:3
Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 weigher of spirits.
4The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day.
Cross References
Job 5:8Wherefore I will pray to the Lord, and address my speech to God:
Psalms 37:4Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
Psalms 55:22he hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
Isaiah 7:5Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:
Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall put on.
1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him, for he hath 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 →