Proverbs 3

Treated in 24 passages across the library.

  • 3:5 Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: 9
  • 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths. 3
  • 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: 3
  • 3:9 Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 3
  • 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace. 2
  • 3:3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: 1
  • 3:15 She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her. 1
  • 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble. 1
  • 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools. 1

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  1. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    The Heart and the Understanding cites Proverbs 3:5

    Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding." Proverbs 3:5 The chief object of the book of Proverbs is to teach knowledge and discretion, and to gui…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Prov 3: 3

    …him we should listen to his words as oracles, and write them upon the table of our heart. Prov 3: 3. When a friend whom we love speaks to us, and gives us advice, we attend with seriousness…

  3. Clothed with Strength and Dignity · Ochorus Originals

    Hiding God's Word in Your Heart cites Proverbs 3:5

    …d know by heart. Write them down. Learn them this year. John 3:16. Romans 8:28. Psalm 23. Proverbs 3:5 and 6. Proverbs 31:30. Isaiah 41:10. Philippians 4:6 and 7. Philippians 4:13. Second Timo…

  4. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    Stewardship cites Prov. iii. 5

    …thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Prov. iii. 5, 6. Though these few remarks are written by one who never was in business himself, yet th…

  5. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    A New Victory of Faith cites Prov. iii. 5

    …thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Prov. iii. 5, 6. By the grace of God I do acknowledge the Lord in my ways, and in this thing in partic…

  6. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Gladys Aylward — The Unlikely Missionary Who Walked by Faith cites Proverbs 3:5–6

    …own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5–6, NIV). Her path had been anything but straightforward by human logic, yet from God’s pers…

  7. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    Elisabeth Elliot — The Widow Who Returned to the Killers cites Proverbs 3:5–6

    …own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5–6, NIV). She had not understood the path that led through Jim’s death and into the Huaorani…

  8. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites Proverbs 3:5–6

    …he Maker of heaven and earth.” Mark 9:23 — “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Proverbs 3:5–6 — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all y…

  9. Waiting on God · Andrew Murray

    With the Heart cites Proverbs 3: 5

    …e, and it is only as this is understood that waiting on God will bring its full blessing. Proverbs 3: 5 may help to make my meaning plain. Speaking of a life in the fear and favor of God, it sa…

  10. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites Proverbs 3:5–6

    …n you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” Proverbs 3:5–6 — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all y…

  11. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer · Jeanne Guyon

    Abandonment to God cites Prov. iii. 6

    …gs” (Matt. vi. 32, 34). “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths” (Prov. iii. 6). “Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established” (Prov. xvi. 3).…

  12. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites Prov. 3:6

    …n their hearts; [Eph. 3:16] and the wisdom of his providence, directing all their paths, [Prov. 3:6] and causing all things to work together for their good. [Rom. 8:28] Yea, they know in ev…

  13. The Secret of Guidance · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    The Secret of Guidance cites Prov. iii. 6

    …re more quick to notice the least symptom of His will than horse or mule to feel the bit. Prov. iii. 6 : "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct (or make plain) thy paths." A sur…

  14. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility in Daily Life cites Proverbs 3:7

    …the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight." Romans 12:16. "Be not wise in your own eyes" Proverbs 3:7. To the Corinthians: "Love," and there is no love without humility as its root, " does no…

  15. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Prov. 3:7

    …be wise in his own eyes, if anything is. And therefore it comes under those prohibitions: Prov. 3:7, "Be not wise in thine own eyes." Rom. 12:16, "Be not wise in your own conceits;" and bri…

  16. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Prov. 3:7

    …d thy lips from speaking guile: depart from evil, and do good; seek peace and pursue it." Prov. 3:7, "Fear the Lord, and depart from evil." Prov. 16:6, "By the fear of the Lord, men depart …

  17. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Prov 3: 9

    …of a low condition, and we lift him up in our praises, and honour him with our substance. Prov 3: 9. He recovers us from sickness, and we spend ourselves in his service. Mercy is not as the…

  18. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    By the Sweat of Your Brow cites Proverbs 3:9

    …d is honored throughout the New. Honor the Lord with the first and best of what you earn (Proverbs 3:9). A man who will not tithe to his local church cannot claim to trust God with his money. …

  19. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Prov 3: 9

    …as may enable us to honour God with works of mercy. ‘Honour the Lord with thy substance.’ Prov 3: 9. But all the danger is, when the world gets into the heart. Water is useful for the saili…

  20. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Prov. 3:15

    …s than rubies, and that all things which can be desired are not to be compared with her,” Prov. 3:15. So I may properly say of this great and most important branch of wisdom; whatever can be…

  21. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.1 The First Commandment cites Prov 3: 17

    …adness into the heart. All God’s ways are pleasantness, his paths are strewed with roses. Prov 3: 17. (3) Serving the true God is beneficial. Men have great gain here, the hidden manna, inwa…

  22. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites Prov. iii. 17

    …hat you are mistaken about the Christian life being hard.” Then turn him to Matt. xi. 30; Prov. iii. 17; Ps. xvi. 11; 1 John v. 3, and show him that a Christian life is not hard but exceedingly…

  23. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of March cites Prov. 3:23

    … AVOID THAT SLIP "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble" Prov. 3:23 That is to say, if we follow the ways of wisdom and holiness we shall be preserved in the…

  24. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fifth Stage cites Prov. 3:35

    …The wise shall inherit glory,” said Solomon; “but shame shall be the promotion of fools.” Prov. 3:35. Faithful: I think we must cry to Him for help against Shame, that would have us to be va…