Parallel Verses

Amplified


Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].

New American Standard Bible

Commit your works to the Lord
And your plans will be established.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

Commit your activities to the Lord,
and your plans will be achieved.

International Standard Version

Entrust your work to the LORD, and your planning will succeed.

A Conservative Version

Commit thy works to LORD, and thy purposes shall be established.

American Standard Version

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

Bible in Basic English

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.

Darby Translation

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Julia Smith Translation

Roll to Jehovah thy works, and thy purposes shall be established.

King James 2000

Commit your works unto the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Commit your work to Yahweh, and your plans will be established.

Modern King James verseion

Roll your works upon Jehovah, and your thoughts shall be established.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and look: what thou devisest, it shall prosper.

NET Bible

Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established.

New Heart English Bible

Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.

The Emphasized Bible

Roll, upon Yahweh, thy doings, that thy plans, may be established.

Webster

Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

World English Bible

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

Youngs Literal Translation

Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּלל 
Galal 
Usage: 18

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

unto the Lord

Usage: 0

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

Devotionals

Devotionals about Proverbs 16:3

Images Proverbs 16:3

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

2
All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions],
But the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth].
3 
Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him],
And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].
4
The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil.



Cross References

Psalm 55:22


Cast your burden on the Lord [release it] and He will sustain and uphold you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken (slip, fall, fail).

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].

Proverbs 3:6


In all your ways know and acknowledge and recognize Him,
And He will make your paths straight and smooth [removing obstacles that block your way].

Luke 12:22

Jesus said to His disciples, “For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; or about your body, as to what you will wear.

Philippians 4:6

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God.

Job 22:28


“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

Psalm 37:4-5


Delight yourself in the Lord,
And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.

Isaiah 7:5-7

Because Aram, along with Ephraim (Israel) and the son of Remaliah, have planned evil against you (Judah), saying,

Matthew 6:25-34

“Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted) about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Job 5:8


“As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him,
And I would commit my cause to God;

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