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Proverbs Chapter 3 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 3:5

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:
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BBE Proverbs 3:5

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.
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DARBY Proverbs 3:5

Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
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KJV Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
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WBT Proverbs 3:5


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WEB Proverbs 3:5

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding.
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YLT Proverbs 3:5

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.
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Proverbs 3 : 5 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Trust in the Lord (b'takh el y'hovah); literally, trust in Jehovah. Entire reliance upon Jehovah, implied in the words, "with all thine heart," is here appropriately placed at the head of a series of admonitions which especially have God and man's relations with him in view, inasmuch as such confidence or trust, with its corresponding idea of the renunciation of reliance on self, is, as Zockler truly remarks, a "fundamental principle of all religion." It is the first lesson to be learnt by all, and no less necessary for the Jew than for the Christian. Without this reliance on or confidence in God, it is impossible to carry out any of the precepts of religion. Batakh is, properly, "to cling to," and so passes to the meaning of "to confide in," "to set one's hope and confidence upon." The preposition el with Jehovah indicates the direction which the confidence is to take (cf. Psalm 37:3, 5). Lean (tishshaen); Vulgate, innitaris; followed by el, like b'takh, with which it is very similar in meaning. Shaan, not used in kal, in hiph. signifies "to lean upon, rest upon," just as man rests upon a spear for support. Its metaphorical use, to repose confidence in, is derived from the practice of kings who were accustomed to appear in public leaning on their friends and ministers; cf. 2 Kings 5:18; 2 Kings 7:2, 17 (Gesenius). The admonition does not mean that we are not to use our own understanding (binab), i.e. form plans with discretion, and employ legitimate means in the pursuit of our ends; but that, when we use it, we are to depend upon God and his directing and overruling providence (Wardlaw); cf. Jeremiah 9:23, 24. "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom," etc. The teacher points out not only where we are to rely, but also where we are not to rely.

Ellicott's Commentary