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Proverbs 3:5

Trust the Lord completely, and don't depend on your own knowledge.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Conceit;   Faith;   False Confidence;   Heart;   Reasoning;   Righteous;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Earnestness;   Earnestness-Indifference;   Faith-Unbelief;   Heart;   Trust in God;   Whole Heart;   The Topic Concordance - Acknowledgment;   Confession;   Guidance;   Trust;   Understanding;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Heart, the;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Faith;   Guidance;   Prayer;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Desire;   Faith;   Heart;   Providence of God;   Religion;   Understanding;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Self-Denial;   Trust in God;   Wisdom of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Double mind;   Lean;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Poetry, Hebrew;   Proverbs, Book of;   Wisdom;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for September 18;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 4;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 7;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for June 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not rely on your own understanding;
Hebrew Names Version
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding.
King James Version
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
English Standard Version
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
New Century Version
Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don't depend on your own understanding.
New English Translation
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
Amplified Bible
Trust in and rely confidently on the LORD with all your heart And do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
New American Standard Bible
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.
World English Bible
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.
Legacy Standard Bible
Trust in Yahweh with all your heartAnd do not lean on your own understanding.
Berean Standard Bible
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Contemporary English Version
With all your heart you must trust the Lord and not your own judgment.
Complete Jewish Bible
Trust in Adonai with all your heart; do not rely on your own understanding.
Darby Translation
Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
George Lamsa Translation
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and rely not on your own wisdom.
Good News Translation
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know.
Lexham English Bible
Trust Yahweh with all your heart; do not lean toward your own understanding.
Literal Translation
Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Put thy trust in ye LORDE with all thine herte, and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge.
American Standard Version
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
Bible in Basic English
Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Trust in the LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
King James Version (1611)
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Put thy trust in God with all thine heart: & leane not vnto thine owne wit:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
English Revised Version
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and triste thou not to thi prudence.
Update Bible Version
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding:
Webster's Bible Translation
Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.
New King James Version
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
New Living Translation
Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
New Life Bible
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not trust in your own understanding.
New Revised Standard
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
Revised Standard Version
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
Young's Literal Translation
Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
THE MESSAGE
Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God 's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God ! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don't, dear friend, resent God 's discipline; don't sulk under his loving correction. It's the child he loves that God corrects; a father's delight is behind all this.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.

Contextual Overview

1 My son, don't forget my teaching. Remember what I tell you to do. 2 What I teach will give you a good, long life, and all will go well for you. 3 Don't ever let love and loyalty leave you. Tie them around your neck, and write them on your heart. 4 Then God will be pleased and think well of you and so will everyone else. 5 Trust the Lord completely, and don't depend on your own knowledge. 6 With every step you take, think about what he wants, and he will help you go the right way.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Trust: Proverbs 22:19, Job 13:15, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:5, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 115:9-11, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 146:3-5, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Ephesians 1:12

and: Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 23:4, Proverbs 28:26, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 10:23, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 3:18-20, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:20 - this Genesis 24:7 - angel Genesis 24:48 - led me Numbers 9:8 - I will Numbers 9:22 - abode Numbers 27:5 - General Deuteronomy 6:6 - shall be Joshua 9:14 - asked not Judges 13:8 - teach us Judges 20:28 - Shall I yet Judges 21:25 - right 1 Samuel 23:2 - inquired 1 Samuel 27:1 - there is nothing 1 Samuel 30:8 - inquired 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired 1 Kings 17:5 - did according 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Chronicles 1:7 - In that night Psalms 5:8 - Lead Psalms 25:9 - guide Psalms 32:8 - I will guide Psalms 43:3 - lead Psalms 73:24 - Thou Psalms 86:12 - with all Psalms 143:8 - cause me Isaiah 30:21 - thine ears Jeremiah 13:2 - according Daniel 2:18 - they would Matthew 1:20 - while Matthew 2:20 - arise Luke 9:50 - Forbid John 2:8 - Draw Acts 1:24 - they Romans 11:25 - lest Philippians 3:15 - God Philippians 4:6 - in 1 Thessalonians 3:11 - our way James 1:5 - any

Cross-References

Genesis 2:17
But you must not eat from the tree that gives knowledge about good and evil. If you eat fruit from that tree, on that day you will certainly die!"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "No, we can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But there is one tree we must not eat from. God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch that tree, or you will die.'"
Genesis 3:6
The woman could see that the tree was beautiful and the fruit looked so good to eat. She also liked the idea that it would make her wise. So she took some of the fruit from the tree and ate it. Her husband was there with her, so she gave him some of the fruit, and he ate it.
Genesis 3:7
Then it was as if their eyes opened, and they saw things differently. They saw that they were naked. So they got some fig leaves, sewed them together, and wore them for clothes.
Genesis 3:10
The man said, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid. I was naked, so I hid."
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the snake, "You did this very bad thing, so bad things will happen to you. It will be worse for you than for any other animal. You must crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child's foot, but he will crush your head."
Genesis 3:22
The Lord God said, "Look, the man has become like us—he knows about good and evil. And now the man might take the fruit from the tree of life. If the man eats that fruit, he will live forever."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,.... Not in a creature, the best, the holiest, and the highest; not in any creature enjoyment, as riches, strength, and wisdom; nor in any outward privilege, arising from natural descent and education; not in a man's self, in his own heart, which is deceitful; nor in any works of righteousness done by him; not in a profession of religion, or the duties of it, ever so well performed; not in frames, nor in graces, and the exercise of them; no, not in faith or trust itself: but in the Lord, the object of all grace, and in him only; in Jehovah the Father, as the God of nature and providence, for all temporal blessings; and as the God of all grace, for all spiritual blessings, and all the needful supplies of grace; and for eternal happiness, which he has provided, promised, and freely gives. Trust in him at all times; in times of affliction, temptation, and darkness: there is a great deal of reason for it; all power and strength are in him to help; his love, grace, and mercy, move him to it, and are always the same: the consideration of what he has done for others that have trusted in him, and for ourselves in times past, should induce and encourage to it; as also the happiness of those that trust in him, who enjoy peace and safety; and his displeasure at those that show any diffidence of him, or distrust him. Trust in Jehovah the Son; in his person for acceptance; in his righteousness for justification; in his blood for pardon; in his fulness for supply; in his power for protection and preservation; and in him alone for salvation and eternal life. Trust in Jehovah the Spirit, to carry on and finish the work of grace upon the heart; of which a saint may be confident that where it is begun it will be completed. And this trust in Father, Son, and Spirit, should be "with all the heart", cordial and sincere. The phrase denotes not so much the strength of faith as the sincerity of it; it signifies a faith unfeigned; it is not saying, or professing, that a man believes and trusts in the Lord; but it is with the heart, and with his whole heart, that he believes unto righteousness, if he believes aright; see Romans 10:10;

and lean not unto thine own understanding; or trust not to that; for it stands opposed to trusting in the Lord. Men should not depend upon their own wisdom and understanding, in the conduct of civil life, but should seek the direction and blessing of Providence, or otherwise will meet with disappointment; and, when they succeed, should ascribe it not to their own prudence and wisdom, but to the goodness of God; for "bread" is not always "to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding", Ecclesiastes 9:11; and much less should men lean to their own understanding in matters of religion; a natural man has no understanding of spiritual things, of the things of the Gospel, nor indeed any practical understanding of things moral, Romans 3:11 Jeremiah 4:22. The understanding of man is darkened by sin; yea, is darkness itself; it is like the first earth, covered with darkness, till light is let into it, and therefore not to be leaned unto and depended on, Ephesians 4:18. There is a necessity of a new heart and spirit, of an understanding to be given, in order to understand spiritual and divine things, Ezekiel 36:26; for though these are not contrary to the reason and understanding of men; yet they are above them, and cannot be discovered, reached, comprehended, and accounted for by them, Matthew 16:17. Nay, there are some things in the Gospel, which, though plain to an enlightened understanding by the word of God, yet the manner how they are cannot be apprehended: as the doctrines of a trinity of Persons; of the generation of the Son of God; the procession of the Spirit; the union of the two natures in Christ; the resurrection of the dead, c. In short, not our reason and understanding at best, and much less as carnal and unsanctified, but the word of God only is our rule of judgment, and the standard of our faith and practice and to that we should have recourse and be directed by it, and not lean to our own understandings.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In preaching “trust in God” the moralist anticipates the teaching that man is justified by faith. To confide in God’s will, the secret of all true greatness, is to rise out of all our anxieties and plans and fears when we think of ourselves as the arbiters of our own fortunes, and so “lean to our own understanding.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:5. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart — This is a most important precept:

1. God is the Fountain of all good.

2. He has made his intelligent creatures dependent upon himself.

3. He requires them to be conscious of that dependence.

4. He has promised to communicate what they need.

5. He commands them to believe his promise, and look for its fulfilment.

6. And to do this without doubt, fear, or distrust; "with their whole heart."

Lean not unto thine own understanding — אל תשען al tishshaen, do not prop thyself. It is on GOD, not on thyself, that thou art commanded to depend. He who trusts in his own heart is a fool.


 
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