Proverbs 16 · Verse 3

Proverbs 16:3

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Proverbs 16:3, King James Version

Proverbs 16:3 in other translations

BSBCommit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
WEBCommit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.
ASVCommit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
YLTRoll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
DARBYCommit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
BBEPut your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.
WebsterCommit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

What does Proverbs 16:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. (Compare Margin). Rely on God for success to your lawful purposes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Commit thy works unto the Lord - See that what thou doest is commanded; and then begin, continue, and end all in his name. And thy thoughts shall be established - these schemes or arrangements, though formed in the heart, are agreeable to the Divine will, and therefore shall be established. His thoughts - his meditations - are right; and he begins and ends his work in the Lord; and therefore all issues well.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Roll the burden of thy care upon God, and leave it with him, by faith and dependence on him.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 16:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גֹּ֣לgolrollH1556
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָma.'a.Sei.khaworks yourH4639
וְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּve.yi.Ko.nuso they may be establishedH3559
מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ\׃mach.she.vo.Tei.khaplans yourH4284

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Cross references for Proverbs 16:3

  • Psalms 37:4-5

    Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

  • Proverbs 3:6

    In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

  • Psalms 55:22

    Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

  • Philippians 4:6

    Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

  • 1 Peter 5:7

    Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

  • Job 22:28

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

  • Job 5:8

    I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • Luke 12:22

    And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

  • Matthew 6:25-34

    Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 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 meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: …

  • Isaiah 7:5-7

    Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Commit. Heb. Roll. thy works.
Job 5:8; Ps 37:4,5; 55:22; Mt 6:25-34; Lu 12:22; Php 4:6; 1Pe 5:7
thy thoughts.
Job 22:28; Isa 7:5-7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 16:2

    All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

  • Proverbs 16:3

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

  • Proverbs 16:4

    The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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Proverbs 16:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Encomienda á Jehová tus obras, y tus pensamientos serán afirmados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Remets tes affaires à l’ Éternel, et tes pensées seront accomplies.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Befiehl Jehova deine Werke, und deine Gedanken werden zustande kommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Revela Domino opera tua, et dirigentur cogitationes tuæ.