Proverbs 3:4
And find grace and good understanding || In the eyes of God and man.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
In Context
5Trust to YHWH with all your heart, || And do not lean to your own understanding.
Cross References
Genesis 39:2And YHWH is with Joseph, and he is a prosperous man, and he is in the house of his lord the Egyptian,
Genesis 39:21And YHWH is with Joseph, and stretches out kindness to him, and puts his grace in the eyes of the chief of the round-house;
1 Samuel 2:21When YHWH has looked after Hannah, then she conceives and bears three sons and two daughters; and the youth Samuel grows up with YHWH.
Psalms 111:10The fear of YHWH [is] the beginning of wisdom, || Good understanding have all doing them, || His praise [is] standing forever!
Luke 2:52and Jesus was advancing in wisdom, and in stature, and in favor with God and men.
Romans 14:18for he who in these things is serving 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 →