Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 16:3
Commit — Refer all thy actions and concerns to God, as the end of them, and depend upon God's providence for success. Established — Thy designs shall be brought to an happy issue.
Commit — Refer all thy actions and concerns to God, as the end of them, and depend upon God's providence for success. Established — Thy designs shall be brought to an happy issue.
Verse Proverbs 16:3. _COMMIT THY WORKS UNTO THE LORD_] See that what thou doest is commanded; and then begin, continue, and end all in his name. _And thy thoughts shall be established_ - these scheme...
COMMIT - literally, as in the margin, as a man transfers a burden from his own back to one stronger and better able to bear it. Compare the margin reference. THY THOUGHTS - i. e., The plans or counse...
CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
THOUGHTS. plans. Compare Proverbs 16:1. SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. Illustrations: Jacob (Genesis 32:24; Genesis 46:1); Ruth (Ruth 2:12); Davi
_Commit … unto_ Lit. ROLL … UPON. Comp. Psalms 22:8 [Hebrews 9], Psalms 37:5, and notes there in this Series. _thoughts_ or, _purposes_, R.V. marg. The precept is germane to that in...
DISCOURSE: 792 TRUSTING IN GOD Proverbs 16:3. _Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established_. WE all believe in the existence of a Supreme Being, and in a general way acknowl...
CHAPTER 16 TEXT Proverbs 16:1-11 1. The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah. 2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth t...
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. COMMIT THY WORKS UNTO THE LORD ( ; : LITERALLY, ROLL AS A BURDEN DEVOLVED UPON ONE STRONGER THAN THYSELF: HEBREW, GOL), AND TH...
16:3 Commit (g-1) Lit. 'Roll.' see Psalms 37:5 . established. (h-11) Or 'accomplished.'...
1-9. God's control of human life....
When we pray, we should give our plans to God. We ask God to bring about the best result. We cannot control our own plans. We do not even know what will happen tomorrow. See James 4:13....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
COMMIT THY WORKS UNTO THE LORD. — Literally, _roll them upon Him,_ as a burden too heavy to be borne by thyself. “Thy works” signify all that thou hast to do. (Comp. Psalms 37:5.) God provides such wo...
גֹּ֣ל אֶל ־יְהוָ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝ יִכֹּ֗נוּ...
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is H...
Verse Proverbs 16:1. A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr. Per...
_Open. Hebrew, "roll on," and refer all to God's glory. (Menochius) (Psalm xxxvi. 5.)_...
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. The LORD hath made all things for himself: ye...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
COMMIT THY WORKS UNTO THE LORD,.... Natural, civil, or religious; seek to him for strength and assistance in all, and leave the success of all with him: or "roll thy works on" or "unto the Lord" b; de...
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. Ver. 3. _Commit thy works unto the Lord._] Depend upon him alone for direction and success; this is the readiest way to a holy s...
_Commit thy works unto the Lord_ Hebrew, גל אל יהוה, literally, _Roll unto the Lord_, &c., namely, as a man rolls to another a burden, which is too heavy for himself, imploring his help. Refer all thy...
V. 3. COMMIT THY WORKS UNTO THE LORD, rolling them in His direction, for Him to take care of, Psalms 37:5, AND THY THOUGHTS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED, He Himself will give the proper and blessed direction...
COMMIT: _ Heb._ roll...
COMMIT THY WORKS UNTO THE LORD, Heb. _Roll_, &c., as a man rolls a burden to another, which is too heavy for himself, imploring his help. Refer all thy actions and concerns to God, and to his glory, a...
Proverbs 16:3 Commit H1556 (H8798) works H4639 LORD H3068 thoughts H4284 established H3559 (H8735) Commit - Heb. Roll thy works -
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....
Proverbs 16:1. _The preparations of the heart in man._ As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt disposed t...
_Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established._ DOING OUR DUTY IS COMMITTING OUR WAY TO GOD There is no instrinsic value in things. They only possess a relative value. All th...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:1 The comparison between the PLANS of a man’s HEART (vv. Proverbs 16:1,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 16:2. Miller translates this verse very differently. See comments on the verse. PROVERBS 16:3. COMMIT, rather _roll_. THOUGHTS, or “_plans_.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. PROVERBS 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without any contrast or a...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...
1 Peter 5:7; Isaiah 7:5; Job 22:28; Job 5:8; Luke 12:22;...