Proverbs 16:3
1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
2 All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
4 The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
5 Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
- KJV
- Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- WEB
- Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.
- ASV
- Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
- DARBY
- Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- BLB
- Roll your works toward YHWH, and your plans will be established.
- ÅB
- Legg dine gjerninger på Herren, så skal dine råd ha fremgang.
- OTB
- Overgi dine handlinger til Herren, så vil Han stadfeste dine planer.
- B1930
- Legg dine gjerninger på Herren, så skal dine råd ha fremgang.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 37:4–5
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Read in contextProverbs 3:6
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Read in contextPsalms 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Read in context1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
Read in contextJob 22:28
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
Read in contextJob 5:8
However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
Read in contextLuke 12:22
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
Read in context