Where is it in the Bible?
Proverbs 3:5–6
5Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
In other translations
- ESV
- 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
- NLT
- 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
- CSB
- 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 6in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.
- KJV
- 5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
The surrounding passage
Proverbs 3:3–8, King James Version
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Context
Part of the opening section of Proverbs (chapters 1–9), written as a father's instruction to his son. Chapter 3 urges the son to hold on to wisdom and to honor the LORD, rather than rely on his own insight. The book's opening verse names Solomon (1:1), though later sections are credited to others (30:1; 31:1).
About the book of Proverbs
Sayings of Solomon and other sages on wisdom, folly, and skillful living.
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