Proverbs 16:3
Roll your works to YHWH, || And your purposes are established,
Literal Standard 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 pure in his own eyes, || And YHWH is pondering the spirits.
4YHWH has worked all things for Himself, || And also the wicked—for a day of evil.
Cross References
Job 5:8Yet I inquire for God, || And for God I give my word,
Psalms 37:4And delight yourself on YHWH, || And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.
Psalms 55:22Cast on YHWH that which He has given you, || And He sustains you, || He does not permit the moving of the righteous forever.
Isaiah 7:5Because that Aram counseled evil against you, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying,
Luke 12:22And He said to His disciples, “Because of this, to you I say, do not be anxious for your life, what you may eat; nor for the body, what you may put on;
1 Peter 5:7having cast all your care on Him, because He cares for 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 →