Proverbs 3 · Verse 4

Proverbs 3:4

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:4, King James Version

Proverbs 3:4 in other translations

BSBThen you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
WEBSo you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
ASVSo shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
YLTAnd find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
DARBYand thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
BBESo you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.
WebsterSo shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

What does Proverbs 3:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. favour--grace, amiability (Pr 22:11; Psa 45:2); united with this, a good understanding--(Compare Margin), a discrimination, which secures success. in the sight ... man--such as God and man approve.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 So shalt thou find favor - Thou shalt be acceptable to God, and thou shalt enjoy a sense of his approbation. And good understanding - Men shall weigh thy character and conduct; and by this appreciate thy motives, and give thee credit for sincerity and uprightness. Though religion is frequently persecuted, and religious people suffer at first where they are not fully known; yet a truly religious and benevolent character will in general be prized wherever it is well known. The envy of men is a proof of the excellence of that which they envy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 3:1-6

In the way of believing obedience to God's commandments health and peace may commonly be enjoyed; and though our days may not be long upon earth, we shall live for ever in heaven. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; God's mercy in promising, and his truth in performing: live up to them, keep up thine interest in them, and take the comfort of them. We must trust in the Lord with all our hearts, believing he is able…

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Proverbs 3:4 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.

וּמְצָא\־u.me.tza'-and findH4672
חֵ֖ןchenfavorH2580
וְשֵֽׂכֶל\־ve.se.khel-and insightH7922
ט֑וֹבTovgoodH2896
בְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
וְאָדָֽם\׃\ \פve.'a.Damand humankindH120

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 3:4

  • Luke 2:52

    And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

  • 1 Samuel 2:26

    And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men.

  • Romans 14:18

    For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

  • Psalms 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.

  • Genesis 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. And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

  • Genesis 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.

  • Acts 2:47

    Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

  • Daniel 1:9

    Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

  • Joshua 1:7-8

    Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shalt.
Ge 39:2-4,21; 1Sa 2:26; Ps 111:10; Da 1:9; Lu 2:52; Ac 2:47
Ro 14:18
good understanding. or, good success.
Jos 1:7,8; *marg:
Ps 111:10

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Context

  • Proverbs 3:3

    Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

  • Proverbs 3:4

    So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Proverbs 3:5

    Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Proverbs 3:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y hallarás gracia y buena opinión en los ojos de Dios y de los hombres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tu trouveras la faveur et la bonne sagesse aux yeux de Dieu et des hommes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		so wirst du Gunst finden und gute Einsicht in den Augen Gottes und der Menschen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et invenies gratiam, et disciplinam bonam, coram Deo et hominibus.