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Proverbs 3:7-8 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 3 · verses 7–8
7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.Proverbs 3:7-8 · King James Version
Proverbs 3:7-8 in context
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.
8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Commentary
Cross references
- Job 28:28
- Romans 12:16
- Proverbs 26:12
- Proverbs 16:6
- Job 1:1
- Ecclesiastes 12:13
- Isaiah 5:21
- Psalms 34:11-14
- Proverbs 4:22
- Psalms 147:3
- Proverbs 16:24
- Job 21:24
Key words (Strong's)
- departçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- healthriphʼûwtha cureH7500 →
- marrowshiqqûwya beverageH8250 →
- navelshôra stringH8270 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- fearyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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We have here before us three exhortations, each of them enforced with a good reason: - I. We must live in a humble and dutiful subjection to God and his government (Pro 3:7): "Fear the Lord, as your sovereign Lord and Master; be ruled in every thing by your religion and subject to the divine will." This must be, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-12