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Proverbs 3:4
So find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Then you will find favor and high regardwith God and people.
Then you will find favor and high regardwith God and people.
Hebrew Names Version
So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
King James Version
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
English Standard Version
So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.
So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.
New Century Version
Then you will be respected and will please both God and people.
Then you will be respected and will please both God and people.
New English Translation
Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
New American Standard Bible
So you will find favor and a good reputation In the sight of God and man.
So you will find favor and a good reputation In the sight of God and man.
World English Bible
So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
Legacy Standard Bible
So you will find favor and good insightIn the eyes of God and man.
So you will find favor and good insightIn the eyes of God and man.
Berean Standard Bible
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Contemporary English Version
God and people will like you and consider you a success.
God and people will like you and consider you a success.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people.
Then you will win favor and esteem in the sight of God and of people.
Darby Translation
and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then God will be pleased and think well of you and so will everyone else.
Then God will be pleased and think well of you and so will everyone else.
George Lamsa Translation
So you shall find favor, grace, and understanding in the sight of God and men.
So you shall find favor, grace, and understanding in the sight of God and men.
Good News Translation
If you do this, both God and people will be pleased with you.
If you do this, both God and people will be pleased with you.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.
And you shall find favor and good sense in the eyes of God and humankind.
Literal Translation
and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
and you shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So shalt thou fynde fauor and good vnderstondinge in ye sight of God and men.
So shalt thou fynde fauor and good vnderstondinge in ye sight of God and men.
American Standard Version
So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Bible in Basic English
So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.
King James Version (1611)
So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man.
So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
English Revised Version
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bifore God and men.
And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bifore God and men.
Update Bible Version
So you shall find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
So you shall find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
Webster's Bible Translation
So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
New King James Version
And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.
And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man.
New Living Translation
Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.
Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.
New Life Bible
So you will find favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and man.
So you will find favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and man.
New Revised Standard
So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people.
So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and of people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man.
So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men.
And thou shalt find grace, and good understanding before God and men.
Revised Standard Version
So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.
So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man.
Young's Literal Translation
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man.
So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man.
Contextual Overview
1My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; 2For length of days and years of life [worth living] And tranquility and prosperity [the wholeness of life's blessings] they will add to you. 3Do not let mercy and kindness and truth leave you [instead let these qualities define you]; Bind them [securely] around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. 4So find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. 5Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding. 6In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
shalt: Genesis 39:2-4, Genesis 39:21, 1 Samuel 2:26, Psalms 111:10, Daniel 1:9, Luke 2:52, Acts 2:47, Romans 14:18
good understanding: or, good success, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:8, *marg. Psalms 111:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:8 - General Deuteronomy 33:24 - let him be Nehemiah 2:5 - and if thy Proverbs 13:15 - Good Proverbs 14:9 - among Proverbs 18:22 - and Song of Solomon 8:10 - then Daniel 6:3 - an Acts 7:10 - gave
Cross-References
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled and deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree]."
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled and deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree]."
Deuteronomy 29:19
"It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, 'I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],'
"It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, 'I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],'
2 Kings 1:4
"Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'You [Ahaziah] will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.'" So Elijah departed.
"Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'You [Ahaziah] will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.'" So Elijah departed.
2 Kings 1:6
They replied, "A man came up to meet us and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you and tell him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.'"'"
They replied, "A man came up to meet us and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you and tell him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.'"'"
2 Kings 1:16
Then Elijah said to Ahaziah, "Thus says the LORD: 'Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but will certainly die.'"
Then Elijah said to Ahaziah, "Thus says the LORD: 'Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but will certainly die.'"
2 Kings 8:10
And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You will certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will certainly die."
And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You will certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will certainly die."
Psalms 10:11
He says to himself, "God has [quite] forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed."
He says to himself, "God has [quite] forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed."
2 Corinthians 2:11
to keep Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
to keep Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
2 Corinthians 11:3
But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.
But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
and it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was led astray and fell into sin.
and it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was led astray and fell into sin.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So shall thou find favour,.... Or "grace" i; the grace of God, and larger measures of it; as Noah did, Genesis 6:8; which are communicated to men when in the way of their duty: or good will, esteem, and respect, among men; as Joseph had with Potiphar, and the keeper of the prison, Genesis 39:4;
and good understanding in the sight of God and man; as Christ, as man, had in the sight of both, Luke 2:52; that is, to be taken notice of, regarded, and approved by both. Some render it "good success" k; prosperity in things temporal and spiritual; see Psalms 111:10. There is something lovely, and of good report, in a close attention to the doctrines and duties of religion; which make a man amiable in the sight of others, and which is followed with a blessing from the Lord.
i ×× "gratiam", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, &c. k ש×× ××× "successum optimum", Junius & Tremellius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare Luke 2:52. These are the two conditions of true human growth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 3:4. So shalt thou find favour — Thou shalt be acceptable to God, and thou shalt enjoy a sense of his approbation.
And good understanding — Men shall weigh thy character and conduct; and by this appreciate thy motives, and give thee credit for sincerity and uprightness. Though religion is frequently persecuted, and religious people suffer at first where they are not fully known; yet a truly religious and benevolent character will in general be prized wherever it is well known. The envy of men is a proof of the excellence of that which they envy.
