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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:6

Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.Trust and guidanceWe have here the sound counsel of a wide experience.I. As containing the most important precepts for life. God claims from you here--1. The supreme affection of your heart.2. The complete homage of your intellect.3. The unswerving loyalty of your lives. Religion is not to be put on and off, it must pervade the life.II. As suggesting the greatest dangers in life.1. The fallibility of human counsellors.2.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:5

Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Ver. 5. Trust in the Lord. ] To trust in God is to be unbottomed of thyself, and of every creature, and so to lean upon God, that if he fail thee thou sinkest. Confidence is the least, and yet the best we can render to the Lord, for hereby we acknowledge his sovereignty, and set the crown upon his head, as it were. See Judges 9:15 . And lean not to thine own understanding. ] Which, because men do, hence... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:6

Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Ver. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge him. ] Ask counsel at his mouth, aim at his glory, be evermore in the sense of his presence, and light of his countenance. It is reported of a worthy divine of Scotland, a that he did even eat and drink and sleep eternal life. This is to walk with God; this is to live by faith; this is to see him that is invisible (Moses’s optic); this is to go the upper way, even that "way of life that... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 3:5

Trust: Proverbs 22:19, Job 13:15, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:5, Psalms 37:7, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 115:9-1 Kings :, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 146:3-Deuteronomy :, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Ephesians 1:12 and: Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 23:4, Proverbs 28:26, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 10:23, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 3:18-Proverbs :, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:2 Reciprocal: Genesis 19:20 - this Genesis 24:7 - angel Genesis 24:48 - led me Numbers 9:8 - I will... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 3:6

In: Proverbs 16:3, Proverbs 23:17, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 4:12, 1 Samuel 30:8, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 8:22, Ezra 8:23, Nehemiah 1:11, Nehemiah 2:4, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 2 Corinthians 8:16, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:23 and: Proverbs 16:9, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 32:8, Isaiah 30:21, Isaiah 48:17, Jeremiah 10:23, James 1:5 Reciprocal: Genesis 24:7 - angel Genesis 24:12 - I pray Genesis 24:13 - I stand Genesis 24:27 - the Lord Genesis 24:48 - led me... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Trust — Wholly rely upon God's promises and providences.Lean not — Under this one kind of carnal confidence, he understands all other confidence in bodily strength, wealth, or friends. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:5

5. Here follow precepts bearing more directly on man’s duty to God, and especially as to the regulation of the mind and thoughts in respect to him. Lean not unto thine own understanding That is, as if it were sufficient to direct thee. “In this trust in a will supreme, righteous, loving, was the secret of all true greatness. It anticipates the teaching that man is justified by faith.” Speaker’s Commentary. read more