Proverbs 3:5

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Proverbs 3:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

6 in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

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Proverbs 22:19

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Job 13:15

Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

Psalms 37:3

Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Psalms 37:5

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

Psalms 37:7

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.

Psalms 62:8

Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah

Psalms 115:9

O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

Psalms 115:10

O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

Psalms 115:11

You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.

Psalms 125:1

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalms 146:3

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

Psalms 146:4

When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Psalms 146:5

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Isaiah 12:2

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.

Jeremiah 17:7

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

Jeremiah 17:8

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

Ephesians 1:12

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

Proverbs 28:26

He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”

1 Corinthians 3:20

And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 8:2

The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.