Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own unders…”

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

American Standard Version

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

Geneva Bible 1599

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

Darby Translation

Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;

Young's Literal Translation

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

Bible in Basic English

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

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Cross references

“Trust”

Psalm 37:5 Psalm 37:3 Psalm 62:8 Isaiah 12:2 Psalm 37:7 Psalm 146:3–5

Psalm 37:5 · BSB

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

Psalm 37:3 · BSB

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalm 62:8 · BSB

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

Isaiah 12:2 · BSB

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Psalm 37:7 · BSB

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Psalm 146:3–5 · BSB

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

“and”

Proverbs 28:26 Proverbs 3:7 Jeremiah 10:23 1 Corinthians 3:18–20 Romans 12:16 Jeremiah 9:23

Proverbs 28:26 · BSB

He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

Proverbs 3:7 · BSB

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Jeremiah 10:23 · BSB

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

1 Corinthians 3:18–20 · BSB

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

Romans 12:16 · BSB

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

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

In context

4Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

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