Proverbs 16:3
Commit your deeds to Adonai, 2 and your plans shall succeed. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
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 clean in his own eyes; 2 but Adonai weighs the motives. 1
4Adonai has made everything for its own end— 2 yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. 1
Cross References
Psalms 37:4Also delight yourself in Adonai, 2 and he will give you the desires of your heart. 1
Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on Adonai, + 55:22. Quoted in 1 Pet 5:7 and he will sustain you. 2 He will never allow the upright to be moved. 1
Isaiah 7:5Because Syria [Elevated], Ephraim [Fruit], and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
Luke 12:22He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
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 →