Proverbs 16:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Proverbs 16:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 37:4-5
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. …
Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Psalms 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Philippians 4:6
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3)

Note, 1. It is a very desirable thing to have our thoughts established, and not tossed, and put into a hurry, by disquieting cares and fears,—to go on in an even steady course of honesty and piety, not disturbed, or put out of frame, by any event or change,—to be satisfied that all shall work for good and issue well at last, and therefore to be always easy and sedate. 2. The only way to have our t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. (Compare Margin). Rely on God for success to your lawful purposes.