Proverbs 3:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 3:7 —

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Cross-References

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Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 7-12)

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 (Prov. 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. A humble subjection: Be not wise in thy own eyes. Note, There is not a greater en…

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

(vv. 7)

7. (Compare Pr 27:2; Ro 12:16). fear ... evil--reverentially regarding His law.