Proverbs 3:5

Have 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.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

In Context

4And thou shalt find grace (or And thou shalt receive favour), and good teaching before God and men.

6In all thy ways think on him, and he shall (ad)dress thy goings. (In all thy ways, or in all thy deeds, think of him, and he shall direct thy steps.)

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Cross References

Ezra 8:23And (so) we fasted, and prayed (to) our God for this thing, and it befelled to us wellsomely.

Psalms 37:3Hope thou in the Lord, and do thou goodness, (or Trust thou in the Lord, and do good); and inhabit thou the land, and thou shalt be fed with his riches.

Psalms 37:7be thou subject to the Lord, and pray thou him. Do not thou follow him, that hath prosperity in his way; (nor) a man doing unrightfulness. (be thou subject to the Lord, and wait thou for him. Do not thou follow a man, simply because he hath prospered along his way; nor a man doing unrighteousness, or wickedness.)

Psalms 115:9The house of Israel hoped in the Lord; he is the helper of them, and the defender of them. (But let the house of Israel trust in the Lord; he is their helper, and their defender.)

Psalms 146:3Do not ye trust in princes; neither in the sons of men, in whom is no health. (Do not ye trust in princes, or in your leaders; nor in other people, in whom there is no help, or deliverance.)

Proverbs 22:19That thy trust be in the Lord; wherefore and I have showed it to thee today. (So that thy trust be in the Lord; and so I have showed it to thee today.)

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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