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Proverbs 3:5–7

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5Trust in the Lorde with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

6in all your ways submit to him,

and he will make your pathsf straight.ag

7Do not be wise in your own eyes;h

fear the Lordi and shun evil.j

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Proverbs 3:5–6: Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Footnotes

  1. aOr will direct your paths

Cross references

  1. eSee Ps 4:5
  2. fSee Job 33:11; See Isa 30:11
  3. gPs 5:8; Pr 16:3; Isa 40:3; Jer 42:3
  4. hPr 26:5, 12; Isa 5:21
  5. iPs 111:10
  6. jSee Ex 20:20; See Dt 4:6; See Job 1:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

and do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will make straight your paths.

Be not wise in your own eyes;

fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

and do not rely on your own understanding;

in all your ways know him,

and he will make your paths straight.

Don’t be wise in your own eyes;

fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

NLTNew Living Translation

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;

do not depend on your own understanding.

Seek his will in all you do,

and he will show you which path to take.

Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.

Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Trust Yahweh with all your heart;

do not lean toward your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he will straighten your paths.

Do not be wise in your own eyes;

fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.

KJV 1900King James Version

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;

And lean not unto thine own understanding.

In all thy ways acknowledge him,

And he shall direct thy paths.

Be not wise in thine own eyes:

Fear the Lord, and depart from evil.