Proverbs 3:6

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS. "Acknowledge Him" by referring all thy ways to His will, trusting in His power, wisdom, providence, goodness, righteousness, and feeling that without Him god can do nothing. Have Him always before, your eyes (). Pray to Him, and consult Him in everything you take in hand. Keep His glory in view, as your end in all your ways; attribute all your blessing to Him alone, and to Him give thanks for all. The promise follows the precept. You will not be disappointed in your confidence, whereby you consult Him in all things. He will guide you to all holiness and all happiness....

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 and truth forsake thee; God's mercy in promising, and his truth in performing: live up to them, keep up thine interest in them, and take the comfort of them. We must trust in the Lord with all our hearts, believing he is able and wise to do what is best. Those who know themselves, find their own understandings a broken reed, which, if they lean upon, will fail. Do not design any thing but what is lawful, and beg God to direct thee in every case, though it may seem quite plain. In all our ways that prove pleasant, in which we gain our point, we must acknowledge God with thankfulness. In all our ways that prove uncomfortable, and that are hedged up with thorns, we must acknowledge him with subm...

Verse Proverbs 3:6. _IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM._] Begin, continue, and end every work, purpose, and device, with God. Earnestly pray for his _direction_ at the _commencement_; look for his continual _support_ in the _progress_; and so begin and continue that all may terminate in his glory: and then it will certainly be to thy good; for we never _honour_ God, without _serving ourselves_. This passage is well rendered in my old MS. Bible: _Have trost in the Lord of all thin_ _herte and ne lene thou to thi prudence: in all thi weys think hym,_ _and he shal right rulen thi goynges; ne be thou wiis anentis_ _thiself_. _Self-sufficiency_ and _self-dependence_ have been the ruin of mankind ever since the fall of Adam. The grand sin of the human race is their continual endeavour to _live independently of God_, i.e., to be...

Not in acts of solemn worship or great crises only, but “in all thy ways;” and then God will make the “path” straight and even....

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 teacher. To all intents and purposes this is a continuation of the discourse in the preceding chapter, for inasmuch as that described the benefits, spiritual and moral, which follow from the pursuit of Wisdom, in promoting godliness and providing safety from evil companions, so this in like manner depicts the gain flowing from Wisdom, the happiness of the man who finds Wisdom, and the favour which he meets with both with God and man. The discourse embraces exhortations to obedience ...

IN ALL THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM,.... Or "know him" l; the Lord: set him before thee; have him always in view; consider him as ever present with thee, observing every step thou takest; and take not one step without his leave, and without his advice; ask wisdom of him who gives liberally; consult his word, and make the Scriptures thy counsellors, or the men of thy counsel, as in Psalms 119:24; take him as your guide; observe the footsteps of his providence; follow the Lamb wheresoever he goes; walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit; when things go cross and adverse, and not to your mind, submit to his sovereignty; and be still and know that he is God, that does all things right, for his own glory and his people's good, Psalms 46:10; and when things succeed, give him the glory of all; own his hand i

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) Proverbs 3:1. The call to obedience is followed by promise. The promise is like all the promises to an earthly people “for length of days and long life”. Here are some blessed exhortations loved and cherished by all His people (Proverbs 3:5). How happier, and more fruitful the children of God would be if they obeyed constantly this instruction: “in all thy

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 find _torah_ used in its earlier prophetic sense of oral instruction, without reference to its later sense of the whole body of legislation represented by the Pentateuch. The torah of the wise man represents not his own individual authority, but the accumulated wisdom of experience. The torah of the prophet, although delivered in the name of Yahweh, represents ultimately the accumulated moral consciousness of the nation; while the torah of the priest in its later form at least represents the traditional and inherited ritual, the prescribed method of the cultus. Hence the primary idea of torah is the same in all three forms. (See pp. 121, 620, Deuteronomy 1:5 *, and for a fuller disc

ACKNOWLEDGE. recognize, or own. DIRECT. rightly divide: i.e. dividing and thus showing what is right or pleasing to God. Hebrew. _yashar._ Numbers 23:27. Compare Judges 14:3; Judges 14:7. 1Sa 18:20, 1 Samuel 18:26. Rendered by Septuagint _orthotomeo,_ the same word as in 2 Timothy 2:15....

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 (Proverbs 3:5): render Him His due (Proverbs 3:9): and (see Proverbs 3:12, note) submit to His fatherly correction (Proverbs 3:11)....