Proverbs 16:3
Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Webster 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 weigheth the spirits.
4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Cross References
Job 5:8I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause:
Psalms 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he will sustain thee: he will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Isaiah 7:5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth 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 →