Proverbs 3:5
Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In Context
4So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
6In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
Cross References
Ezra 8:23So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
Psalms 37:3Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
Psalms 37:7Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
Psalms 115:9O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
Psalms 146:3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.
Proverbs 22:19So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
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 →