Proverbs 16:3
Commit thy ma'asim (works) unto Hashem, 1 and thy plans shall be established. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
In Context
2All the drakhei ish are pure in his own eynayim, 1 but Hashem weigheth the ruchot. 1
Cross References
Job 5:8I would seek El (G-d), 1 and before Elohim would I lay my cause; 1
Psalms 37:4Delight thyself also in Hashem, 1 and He shall give thee the desires of thine lev. 1
Psalms 55:22The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, 1 but war was in his lev; 1 his devarim were softer than shemen, 1 yet they were drawn swords. 1
Isaiah 7:5Or because Aram (Syria), Ephrayim, and ben Remalyahu, have plotted your ruin, saying,
Luke 12:22And Rebbe, Melech, HaMoshiach said to his talmidim, Therefore, I say to you: do not have a LEV ROGEZ + 12:22 Dt 28:65 for your Chayyim, about your okhel (food) or your basar (body), what you might put on.
1 Peter 5:7HASHLECH AL ADONOI Y'HAVECHA V'HU Y'CHALKELECHA + 5:7 Ps 55:23 (Cast your care on Hashem and He will sustain you), because Hashem cares and is concerned about 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 →