Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
World Messianic Bible
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 find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Cross References
Ezra 8:23So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request.
Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
Psalms 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Psalms 115:9Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 146:3Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
Proverbs 22:19I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in the LORD.
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 →