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Proverbs 3:6

With every step you take, think about what he wants, and he will help you go the right way.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Faith;   Prayer;   Righteous;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   The Topic Concordance - Acknowledgment;   Confession;   Guidance;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Guidance;   Prayer;   Proverbs;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Desire;   Faith;   Providence of God;   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;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acknowledge;   Proverbs, Book of;   Providence;   Way;   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 January 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
in all your ways know him,and he will make your paths straight.
Hebrew Names Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
King James Version
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
English Standard Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
New Century Version
Remember the Lord in all you do, and he will give you success.
New English Translation
Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
Amplified Bible
In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him, And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].
New American Standard Bible
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
World English Bible
In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He will make your paths straight.
Berean Standard Bible
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Contemporary English Version
Always let him lead you, and he will clear the road for you to follow.
Complete Jewish Bible
In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths.
Darby Translation
in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
George Lamsa Translation
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
Good News Translation
Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way.
Lexham English Bible
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will straighten your paths.
Literal Translation
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him, and he shal ordre thy goinges.
American Standard Version
In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
Bible in Basic English
In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.
King James Version (1611)
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.
English Revised Version
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis.
Update Bible Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
Webster's Bible Translation
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.
New King James Version
In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He shall direct [fn] your paths.
New Living Translation
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
New Life Bible
Agree with Him in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight.
New Revised Standard
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
Revised Standard Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Young's Literal Translation
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

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

In: Proverbs 16:3, Proverbs 23:17, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 4:12, 1 Samuel 30:8, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 8:22, Ezra 8:23, Nehemiah 1:11, Nehemiah 2:4, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 2 Corinthians 8:16, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:23

and: Proverbs 16:9, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 32:8, Isaiah 30:21, Isaiah 48:17, Jeremiah 10:23, James 1:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:7 - angel Genesis 24:12 - I pray Genesis 24:13 - I stand Genesis 24:27 - the Lord Genesis 24:48 - led me Genesis 35:3 - was with Numbers 9:8 - I will Numbers 9:22 - abode Numbers 27:5 - General Joshua 9:14 - asked not Judges 13:8 - teach us Judges 20:28 - Shall I yet 1 Samuel 23:2 - inquired 1 Samuel 27:1 - there is nothing 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired 2 Samuel 5:19 - And the Lord 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Kings 22:13 - inquire 1 Chronicles 14:10 - Shall I go 2 Chronicles 1:7 - In that night Ezra 7:6 - according to Ezra 8:18 - by the good hand Ezra 8:21 - to seek Nehemiah 3:1 - sanctified it Psalms 5:8 - Lead Psalms 43:3 - lead Psalms 73:24 - Thou Psalms 86:12 - with all Psalms 91:11 - in all Psalms 121:8 - thy going out Psalms 125:1 - that trust Psalms 143:8 - cause me Proverbs 2:3 - if Proverbs 8:20 - lead Proverbs 15:19 - the way of the righteous Proverbs 19:14 - and a Isaiah 26:4 - Trust Isaiah 61:8 - I will direct Jeremiah 42:3 - General 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 Philippians 3:15 - God 1 Thessalonians 3:11 - our way 2 Thessalonians 3:5 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The snake was the most clever of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. The snake spoke to the woman and said, "Woman, did God really tell you that you must not eat from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered the snake, "No, we can eat fruit from the trees in the garden.
Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
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 3:17
Then God said to the man, "I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.
Genesis 3:19
You will work hard for your food, until your face is covered with sweat. You will work hard until the day you die, and then you will become dust again. I used dust to make you, and when you die, you will become dust again."
Genesis 39:7
After some time, the wife of Joseph's master began to pay special attention to him. One day she said to him, "Sleep with me."
Joshua 7:21
In Jericho, I saw a beautiful coat from Babylonia, about 5 pounds of silver, and about a pound of gold. I wanted these things for myself, so I took them. You will find them buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat."
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening he got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his house. From there he saw a woman bathing. She was very beautiful,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In all thy ways acknowledge him,.... Or "know him" l; the Lord: set him before thee; have him always in view; consider him as ever present with thee, observing every step thou takest; and take not one step without his leave, and without his advice; ask wisdom of him who gives liberally; consult his word, and make the Scriptures thy counsellors, or the men of thy counsel, as in Psalms 119:24; take him as your guide; observe the footsteps of his providence; follow the Lamb wheresoever he goes; walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit; when things go cross and adverse, and not to your mind, submit to his sovereignty; and be still and know that he is God, that does all things right, for his own glory and his people's good, Psalms 46:10; and when things succeed, give him the glory of all; own his hand in it, and the bounty of it; acknowledge that all you have, in providence and grace, come from him;

and he shall direct thy paths; man cannot direct his own; no, not a man: this is a blessing from the Lord; who steps of his people, keeps the feet of his saints, and directs them aright in things temporal and spiritual, Jeremiah 10:23.

l דעהו "scito eum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not in acts of solemn worship or great crises only, but “in all thy ways;” and then God will make the “path” straight and even.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:6. In all thy ways acknowledge him. — Begin, continue, and end every work, purpose, and device, with God. Earnestly pray for his direction at the commencement; look for his continual support in the progress; and so begin and continue that all may terminate in his glory: and then it will certainly be to thy good; for we never honour God, without serving ourselves. This passage is well rendered in my old MS. Bible: Have trost in the Lord of all thin herte and ne lene thou to thi prudence: in all thi weys think hym, and he shal right rulen thi goynges; ne be thou wiis anentis thiself. Self-sufficiency and self-dependence have been the ruin of mankind ever since the fall of Adam. The grand sin of the human race is their continual endeavour to live independently of God, i.e., to be without God in the world. True religion consists in considering God the fountain of all good, and expecting all good from him.


 
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