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Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Faith;   Prayer;   Righteous;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   The Topic Concordance - Acknowledgment;   Confession;   Guidance;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Guidance;   Prayer;   Proverbs;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Desire;   Faith;   Providence of God;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Communion (2);   Self-Denial;   Trust in God;   Wisdom of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Acknowledge;   Proverbs, Book of;   Providence;   Way;   Wisdom;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for September 18;   Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 4;   Every Day Light - Devotion for January 7;   Today's Word from Skip Moen - Devotion for January 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
in all your ways know him,and he will make your paths straight.
Hebrew Names Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
King James Version
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
English Standard Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
New Century Version
Remember the Lord in all you do, and he will give you success.
New English Translation
Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
Amplified Bible
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].
New American Standard Bible
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
World English Bible
In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
Legacy Standard Bible
In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He will make your paths straight.
Berean Standard Bible
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Contemporary English Version
Always let him lead you, and he will clear the road for you to follow.
Complete Jewish Bible
In all your ways acknowledge him; then he will level your paths.
Darby Translation
in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.
Easy-to-Read Version
With every step you take, think about what he wants, and he will help you go the right way.
George Lamsa Translation
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
Good News Translation
Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way.
Lexham English Bible
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will straighten your paths.
Literal Translation
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him, and he shal ordre thy goinges.
American Standard Version
In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.
King James Version (1611)
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.
English Revised Version
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis.
Update Bible Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
Webster's Bible Translation
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.
New King James Version
In all your ways acknowledge Him,And He shall direct [fn] your paths.
New Living Translation
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
New Life Bible
Agree with Him in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight.
New Revised Standard
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In all thy ways think on him, and he will direct thy steps.
Revised Standard Version
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Young's Literal Translation
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

Contextual Overview

1 My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart: 2 For they will give you increase of days, years of life, and peace. 3 Let not mercy and good faith go from you; let them be hanging round your neck, recorded on your heart; 4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men. 5 Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support. 6 In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

In: Proverbs 16:3, Proverbs 23:17, 1 Samuel 4:11, 1 Samuel 4:12, 1 Samuel 30:8, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 8:22, Ezra 8:23, Nehemiah 1:11, Nehemiah 2:4, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 2 Corinthians 8:16, Philippians 4:6, Colossians 3:17, Colossians 3:23

and: Proverbs 16:9, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 32:8, Isaiah 30:21, Isaiah 48:17, Jeremiah 10:23, James 1:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:7 - angel Genesis 24:12 - I pray Genesis 24:13 - I stand Genesis 24:27 - the Lord Genesis 24:48 - led me Genesis 35:3 - was with Numbers 9:8 - I will Numbers 9:22 - abode Numbers 27:5 - General Joshua 9:14 - asked not Judges 13:8 - teach us Judges 20:28 - Shall I yet 1 Samuel 23:2 - inquired 1 Samuel 27:1 - there is nothing 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired 2 Samuel 5:19 - And the Lord 1 Kings 22:5 - Inquire 2 Kings 22:13 - inquire 1 Chronicles 14:10 - Shall I go 2 Chronicles 1:7 - In that night Ezra 7:6 - according to Ezra 8:18 - by the good hand Ezra 8:21 - to seek Nehemiah 3:1 - sanctified it Psalms 5:8 - Lead Psalms 43:3 - lead Psalms 73:24 - Thou Psalms 86:12 - with all Psalms 91:11 - in all Psalms 121:8 - thy going out Psalms 125:1 - that trust Psalms 143:8 - cause me Proverbs 2:3 - if Proverbs 8:20 - lead Proverbs 15:19 - the way of the righteous Proverbs 19:14 - and a Isaiah 26:4 - Trust Isaiah 61:8 - I will direct Jeremiah 42:3 - General Daniel 2:18 - they would Matthew 1:20 - while Matthew 2:20 - arise Luke 9:50 - Forbid John 2:8 - Draw Acts 1:24 - they Philippians 3:15 - God 1 Thessalonians 3:11 - our way 2 Thessalonians 3:5 - the Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
Genesis 3:2
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
Genesis 3:14
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
Genesis 3:19
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
Genesis 39:7
And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In all thy ways acknowledge him,.... Or "know him" l; the Lord: set him before thee; have him always in view; consider him as ever present with thee, observing every step thou takest; and take not one step without his leave, and without his advice; ask wisdom of him who gives liberally; consult his word, and make the Scriptures thy counsellors, or the men of thy counsel, as in Psalms 119:24; take him as your guide; observe the footsteps of his providence; follow the Lamb wheresoever he goes; walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit; when things go cross and adverse, and not to your mind, submit to his sovereignty; and be still and know that he is God, that does all things right, for his own glory and his people's good, Psalms 46:10; and when things succeed, give him the glory of all; own his hand in it, and the bounty of it; acknowledge that all you have, in providence and grace, come from him;

and he shall direct thy paths; man cannot direct his own; no, not a man: this is a blessing from the Lord; who steps of his people, keeps the feet of his saints, and directs them aright in things temporal and spiritual, Jeremiah 10:23.

l דעהו "scito eum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Not in acts of solemn worship or great crises only, but “in all thy ways;” and then God will make the “path” straight and even.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:6. In all thy ways acknowledge him. — Begin, continue, and end every work, purpose, and device, with God. Earnestly pray for his direction at the commencement; look for his continual support in the progress; and so begin and continue that all may terminate in his glory: and then it will certainly be to thy good; for we never honour God, without serving ourselves. This passage is well rendered in my old MS. Bible: Have trost in the Lord of all thin herte and ne lene thou to thi prudence: in all thi weys think hym, and he shal right rulen thi goynges; ne be thou wiis anentis thiself. Self-sufficiency and self-dependence have been the ruin of mankind ever since the fall of Adam. The grand sin of the human race is their continual endeavour to live independently of God, i.e., to be without God in the world. True religion consists in considering God the fountain of all good, and expecting all good from him.


 
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