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Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, committing oneself entirely to the grace and faithfulness of Jehovah, and lean not unto thine own understanding, in false and blameworthy self-confidence.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, committing oneself entirely to the grace and faithfulness of Jehovah, and lean not unto thine own understanding, in false and blameworthy self-confidence.
Verse Proverbs 3:5. _TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART_] This is a most important precept: 1. God is the _Fountain_ of all good. 2. He has made his intelligent creatures _dependent_ upon himsel...
In preaching “trust in God” the moralist anticipates the teaching that man is justified by faith. To confide in God’s will, the secret of all true greatness, is to rise out of all our anxieties and pl...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_ 2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11) 3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
TRUST. Confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. WITH ALL THINE HEART. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 24:1. compare Proverbs 19:14); Eleazar (Genesis 24:12); J
Fourth Address. Chap. Proverbs 3:1-10 Be obedient to my instruction, so shalt thou live long and prosper (Proverbs 3:1). Trust, not in thyself, but in God (Proverbs 3:5). Seek His direction ...
_unto_ Rather, UPON, R.V. The confidence is to be complete both in degree and in extent: "with _all_thy heart," "in _all_thy ways." This teaching of trust in God, "anticipates," as the _Speaker's Comm...
DISCOURSE: 757 CONFIDENCE IN GOD ENCOURAGED Proverbs 3:5. _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...
AND LEAN NOT, &C.— Or, _Rest not upon,_ &c. God demands that we love him, that we believe in him, that we trust in him, that we seek for him with all our heart: he would have nothing of us by halves:...
CHAPTER 3 TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12 1. My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 2. For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3. Let not kind...
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING - which latter cannot preserve t...
3:5 intelligence; (k-14) Or 'discernment,' as ch. 2.3....
We are easily misled by passion and sin. 'Thanks to our wisdom, we should, once for all, refrain from being clever.'...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
בְּטַ֣ח אֶל ־יְ֭הוָה בְּ כָל ־לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove
CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM Proverbs 3:1 THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the "ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We are taug...
THE RESULTS OF TRUSTING JEHOVAH Proverbs 3:1-12 How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this paragraph! The _young_ of both sexes are invited to be merciful in their judgments...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
_All. God will have nothing by halves. --- Lean not. By pride, 2 Corinthians xii. 13. All must be referred to God. (Calmet) --- In him we may safely trust. (Worthington)_...
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. Here is a divine precept, and a divine promise sweet...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART,.... Not in a creature, the best, the holiest, and the highest; not in any creature enjoyment, as riches, strength, and wisdom; nor in any outward privilege, ari...
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...
_Trust in the Lord with all thy heart_ Wholly and securely rely upon God's wisdom, power, and goodness, and upon his providence and promises, for direction and help in all thine affairs and dangers. _...
1-6 In the way of believing obedience to God's commandments health and peace may commonly be enjoyed; and though our days may not be long upon earth, we shall live for ever in heaven. Let not mercy a...
TRUST IN THE LORD; wholly and securely rely upon God's promises and providence for help and relief in all thine affairs and dangers. LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING; think not to accomplish thy...
Proverbs 3:5 Trust H982 (H8798) LORD H3068 heart H3820 lean H8172 (H8735) understanding H998 Trust - PtC H3
INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIREMENT TO TRUST IN YHWH, TO FEAR YHWH AND TO HONOUR YHWH (PROVERBS 3:1). Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my torah -- my comma...
TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
Proverbs 3:5 _(with Proverbs 27:1)_ I. The precept, "Lean not unto thine own understanding" is one in which, with advancing years, we are well disposed to acquiesce. One who has grown older, and who...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
_Trust in the Lord. .. lean not to thine own understanding._ REASON AND FAITH The question is, not whether we shall use reason, but what are its limits? Shall we accept only what we can understand a...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 3:5 TRUST IN THE LORD is necessary for following the wise ways of life taught in Proverbs 1:1. Trusting the Lord is clos
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:6. ACKNOWLEDGE, “take notice of,” “recognise” Him. DIRECT, “make level” or “smooth. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 3:5_ EXHORTATION TO CONFIDENCE IN GOD Man...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
1 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 8:2; Ephesians 1:12;...
LEST WE FORGET Proverbs 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a danger that w...
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....