Proverbs 16:3
Show thy works to the Lord; and thy thoughts shall be (ad)dressed. (Commit thy plans to the Lord; and they shall succeed.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
In Context
Cross References
Job 5:8Wherefore I shall beseech the Lord, and I shall set my speech to my God (or and I shall put my case before my God).
Psalms 37:4Delight thou in the Lord; and he shall give to thee the askings of thine heart.
Psalms 55:22Cast thy care, or thought, [ (or) thy busyness], on the Lord, and he shall fully nourish thee; and he shall not give [into] without end fluttering to a just man. (Cast thy burdens upon the Lord, and he shall nourish and protect thee; yea, he shall not allow the righteous to be moved, or shaken.)
Isaiah 7:5For Syria, and Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have begun evil counsel against thee, and say,
Luke 12:22And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, do not ye be busy to your life (or do not be concerned about your life), what ye shall eat, neither to your body, with what ye shall be clothed.
1 Peter 5:7and cast ye all your busyness into him, for to him is (the) care of you. (and throw all your concerns onto 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 →