proverbs-3:5

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:1-35

Proverbs 3:1-35My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments.Useful precepts and inspiring motivesI. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1-2). Interest dictates to us the propriety of keeping God’s commandments.II. To live in the exercise of mercy and truth (Proverbs 3:3), in every part of our intercourse with our fellow-creatures, however defective they may be in the practice of these virtues to us. As workers under the Spirit we... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:5

Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord . . . lean not to thine own understanding.Reason and faithThe question is, not whether we shall use reason, but what are its limits? Shall we accept only what we can understand and explain, and refuse all which does not quadrate with our reason? Is Faith, with her delicate ear, her quick sensibility, and wondrous prescience, to have no place? In the power of modern reason can we know every inch of our way?1. How is it in the business world? The activities of men... 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

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

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