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Proverbs 3

Prov. 3:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
in the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
with all thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
; and lean
sha`an (Hebrew #8172)
to support one's self
KJV usage: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.
Pronounce: shaw-an'
Origin: a primitive root
noth unto thine own understanding
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
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Jer. 10:23• 23{i}I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.{/i} (Jer. 10:23)
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Rom. 12:16• 16Be of the same mind one toward another, not minding high things, but consorting with the lowly. Be not wise in your own eyes: (Rom. 12:16)

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Prov. 22:19• 19That thy trust may be in Jehovah,{HR}I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee. (Prov. 22:19)
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Job 13:15• 15Lo, he will slay me, yet will I trust him;{HR}But my ways to his face I will argue. (Job 13:15)
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Psa. 37:3,5,7• 3Trust in Jehovah and do good,{HR}Inhabit the land and feed upon truth.
 5Roll thy way upon Jehovah;{HR}Trust also in him, and he will do [it].
 7Be silent to Jehovah and wait for him;{HR}Fret not thyself because of him who maketh his way to prosper,{HR}Because of the man who doeth wicked devices. (Psa. 37:3,5,7)
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Psa. 62:8• 8Confide in him at every time, O people;{HR}Pour out before him your heart:{HR}God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. (Psa. 62:8)
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Psa. 115:9‑11• 9O Israel, confide in Jehovah:{HR}He [is] their help and their shield.
 10House of Aaron, confide in Jehovah:{HR}He [is] their help and their shield.
 11Ye that fear Jehovah, confide in Jehovah:{HR}He [is] their help and their shield. (Psa. 115:9‑11)
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Psa. 125:1• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Those confiding in Jehovah [are] as Mount Zion;{HR}It cannot be moved, it abideth forever. (Psa. 125:1)
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Psa. 146:3‑5• 3Confide not in nobles,{HR}In a son of man in whom is no salvation.
 4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth:{HR}In that very day his purposes perish.
 5Blessed he, whose help [is] Jacob's God ,{HR}Whose hope [is] in Jehovah his God, (Psa. 146:3‑5)
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Isa. 12:2• 2Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)
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Isa. 26:3‑4• 3Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.
 4Confide ye in Jehovah forever; for in Jah, Jehovah [is the] rock of ages. (Isa. 26:3‑4)
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Jer. 17:7‑8• 7Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose hope Jehovah is.
 8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. (Jer. 17:7‑8)
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Eph. 1:12• 12in order that we should be unto [the] praise of his glory, that have fore-trusted in the Christ; (Eph. 1:12)
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Prov. 3:7• 7Be not wise in thine own eyes;{HR}Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil; (Prov. 3:7)
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Prov. 23:4• 4Weary not thyself to become rich;{HR}Cease from thine own intelligence. (Prov. 23:4)
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Prov. 28:26• 26{i}He that confideth in his own heart is a fool;{HR}But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.{/i} (Prov. 28:26)
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Jer. 9:23• 23{i}Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches:{/i} (Jer. 9:23)
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Jer. 10:23• 23{i}I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.{/i} (Jer. 10:23)
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Rom. 12:16• 16Be of the same mind one toward another, not minding high things, but consorting with the lowly. Be not wise in your own eyes: (Rom. 12:16)
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1 Cor. 3:18‑20• 18Let none deceive himself; if anyone thinketh himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may be wise.
 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;
 20and again, [The] Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain. (1 Cor. 3:18‑20)
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1 Cor. 8:1‑2• 1But concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge; knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth.
 2If anyone thinketh that he knoweth anything, not yet knoweth he as he ought to know; (1 Cor. 8:1‑2)
• Confidence in self is like leaning on a broken reed….(Matt. 6:22). (“Proverbs Three” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligencek;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "discernment," as ch. 2.3.

W. Kelly Translation

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Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,{HR}And lean not unto thine own discernment;