Proverbs 3:5

You have to trust in God properly, you have to only trust in him. Don’t trust the things you know, you don’t know everything.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In Context

6Always think about God in everything that you do. If you do that, he will show you the right way to live.

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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 →

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