Proverbs 3:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 37:5
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. …
Proverbs 28:26
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 1-6)

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, Prov. 3:1, 2. 1. We must, (1.) Fix God’s law, and his commandments, as our rule, by which we will in every thing be ruled and to which we wi…

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

(vv. 5)

5. Trust ... heart--This is the center and marrow of true wisdom (Pr 22:19; 28:25). The positive duty has its corresponding negation in the admonition against self-confidence.