Proverbs 16:3
Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
Young's Literal Translation
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 pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.
4All things hath Jehovah wrought for Himself, And also the wicked [worketh] for a day of evil.
Cross References
Job 5:8Yet I — I inquire for God, And for God I give my word,
Psalms 37:4And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
Psalms 55:22Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.
Isaiah 7:5Because that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:
Luke 12:22And he said unto his disciples, 'Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;
1 Peter 5:7all your care having cast upon Him, because 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 →