Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways know Him, || And He makes your paths straight.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
In Context
5Trust to YHWH with all your heart, || And do not lean to your own understanding.
7Do not be wise in your own eyes, || Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 4:11and the Ark of God has been taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, have died.
1 Chronicles 28:9And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for YHWH is seeking all hearts, and He is understanding every imagination of the thoughts; if you seek Him, He is found by you, and if you forsake Him, He casts you off forever.
Ezra 8:22for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spoke to the king, saying, “The hand of our God [is] on all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath [is] on all forsaking Him.”
Nehemiah 2:4And the king says to me, “For what are you seeking?” And I pray to the God of the heavens,
Psalms 32:8I cause you to act wisely, || And direct you in the way that you go, || I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.
Proverbs 16:9The heart of man devises his way, || And YHWH establishes his step.
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 →