Proverbs 16:3
Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.
World Messianic 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, but the LORD weighs the motives.
4The LORD has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Cross References
Job 5:8“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God,
Psalms 37:4Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalms 55:22Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Isaiah 7:5Because Syria, Ephraim, 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.
1 Peter 5:7casting all your worries on him, because he cares for 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 →