Proverbs 3:4

And thou shalt find grace (or And thou shalt receive favour), and good teaching before God and men.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

In Context

3Mercy and truth forsake thee not; bind thou those to thy throat, and write them in the tables of thine heart. (Let not mercy and truth desert thee; bind thou them about thy neck, and write them on the tablets of thy heart.)

5Have thou trust in the Lord, of all thine heart; and lean thou not to thy prudence. (Have thou trust in the Lord, with all thy heart, and lean thou not unto thy own understanding.)

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Cross References

Genesis 39:2And the Lord was with him, and he was a man doing with prosperity in all things (or and made him prosperous in all things). And Joseph dwelled in the house of his lord,

Genesis 39:21Forsooth the Lord was with Joseph, and had mercy on him, and gave grace to him, in the sight of the prince of the prison (or before the ruler, that is, the warden, of the prison),

1 Samuel 2:21Therefore the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and childed three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel was magnified at the Lord (or But their boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord).

Psalms 111:10the beginning of wisdom is the dread of the Lord. Good understanding is to all that do it; his praising dwelleth into the world of world. (the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord or the beginning of wisdom is to revere the Lord. All who obey his commandments grow in wisdom; praise shall be his forever.)

Luke 2:52And Jesus profited in wisdom, age, and grace, with God and men. (And Jesus grew in wisdom, age, and grace, with God and men.)

Romans 14:18And he that in this thing serveth Christ, pleaseth God, and is proved to men. (And he who doeth this serveth the Messiah, pleaseth God, and is approved by men.)

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 →

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