Proverbs 16:3 “Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.”

Proverbs 16:3

Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

American Standard Version

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

Geneva Bible 1599

Commit thy workes vnto the Lord, and thy thoughts shalbe directed.

Darby Translation

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Young's Literal Translation

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Bible in Basic English

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

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Cross references

“thy works”

Psalm 55:22 Philippians 4:6 1 Peter 5:7 Job 5:8 Luke 12:22 Matthew 6:25–34

Psalm 55:22 · BSB

Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.

Philippians 4:6 · BSB

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

1 Peter 5:7 · BSB

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

Job 5:8 · BSB

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—

Luke 12:22 · BSB

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

Matthew 6:25–34 · BSB

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

“thy thoughts”

Job 22:28 Isaiah 7:5–7

Job 22:28 · BSB

Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

Isaiah 7:5–7 · BSB

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

Also

Proverbs 3:6

Proverbs 3:6 · BSB

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

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