Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes, || Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
In Context
6In all your ways know Him, || And He makes your paths straight.
8It is healing to your navel, || And moistening to your bones.
Cross References
Job 1:1There has been a man in the land of Uz—his name Job—and that man has been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
Psalms 34:11Come, children, listen to me, || I teach you the fear of YHWH.
Proverbs 14:27The fear of YHWH [is] a fountain of life, || To turn aside from snares of death.
Proverbs 26:12You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, || More hope of a fool than of him!
Ecclesiastes 12:13The end of the whole matter let us hear: “Fear God, and keep His commands, for this [is] the whole of man.
Romans 11:25For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, of this secret—that you may not be wise in your own conceits—that hardness in part to Israel has happened until the fullness of the nations may come in;
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 →