Devine Scripture

Proverbs 16:3

Proverbs chapter 16 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

Context

v.2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

v.3This passage

v.4Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 22:28

    Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

  • Psalms 37:4

    Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

  • Job 5:8

    But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

  • Psalms 55:22

    Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  • Philippians 4:6

    In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

  • Matthew 6:25

    Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?