Proverbs 3:4
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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- BSB
- Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
- KJV
- So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- WEB
- So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- ASV
- So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
- DARBY
- and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- BLB
- And you will find favor and good understanding in the eyes of God and man.
- ÅB
- Så skal du finne nåde og få god forstand i Guds og menneskers øyne.
- OTB
- Så skal du finne nåde og få et godt omdømme i Guds og menneskers øyne.
- B1930
- Så skal du finne nåde og få god forstand i Guds og menneskers øine.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 2:52
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:26
And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
Read in contextRomans 14:18
For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Read in contextPsalms 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Read in contextGenesis 39:2–4
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Read in contextGenesis 39:21
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Read in contextActs 2:47
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Read in contextDaniel 1:9
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
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