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Proverbs 3:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 3 · verse 5
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Proverbs 3:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 3:5 in context
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Trustbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- leanshâʻanto support one's selfH8172 →
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We are here taught to live a life of communion with God; and without controversy great is this mystery of godliness, and of great consequence to us, and, as is here shown, will be of unspeakable advantage. I. We must have a continual regard to God's precepts, Pro 3:1, Pro 3:2. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6