Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. New Living Translation Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the LORD and turn away from evil. English Standard Version Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. Berean Standard Bible Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. King James Bible Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. New King James Version Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. New American Standard Bible Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. NASB 1995 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. NASB 1977 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. Legacy Standard Bible Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear Yahweh and turn away from evil. Amplified Bible Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD [with reverent awe and obedience] and turn [entirely] away from evil. Christian Standard Bible Don’t be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t consider yourself to be wise; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. American Standard Version Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: Aramaic Bible in Plain English Do not be wise in your own eyes but be in awe of LORD JEHOVAH and depart from evil Brenton Septuagint Translation Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil. Contemporary English Version Don't ever think that you are wise enough, but respect the LORD and stay away from evil. Douay-Rheims Bible Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil: English Revised Version Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil: GOD'S WORD® Translation Do not consider yourself wise. Fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. Good News Translation Never let yourself think that you are wiser than you are; simply obey the LORD and refuse to do wrong. International Standard Version Do not be wise in your own opinion. Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. JPS Tanakh 1917 Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear the LORD, and depart from evil; Literal Standard Version Do not be wise in your own eyes, | Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil. Majority Standard Bible Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. New American Bible Do not be wise in your own eyes, fear the LORD and turn away from evil; NET Bible Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. New Revised Standard Version Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. New Heart English Bible Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Webster's Bible Translation Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. World English Bible Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. Young's Literal Translation Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Trust in the LORD…6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. 7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil. 8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.… Cross References Romans 12:16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited. Exodus 20:20 "Do not be afraid," Moses replied. "For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning." 2 Samuel 12:20 Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate. Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. Job 28:28 And He said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'" Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless. Treasury of Scripture Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. be Proverbs 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Isaiah 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. fear Proverbs 14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. Jump to Previous Depart Evil Eyes Fear High Shun Turn Value Wisdom WiseJump to Next Depart Evil Eyes Fear High Shun Turn Value Wisdom WiseProverbs 3 1. various exhortations13. The gain of wisdom 27. Exhortation to goodness 33. the different state of the wicked and upright (7) Fear the Lord, and depart from evil.--The same result is reached by Job also (Proverbs 28:28) in his inquiry after wisdom.Verse 7. - Be not wise in thine own eyes. This admonition carries on the thought from the preceding verses (5, 6), approaching it from a different direction. It is a protest against self-sufficiency, self-conceit, and self-reliance. It says, in effect, "Trust in the Lord, do not trust in yourself." Wisdom, as Michaelis remarks, is to trust in God; to trust in yourself and in your own wisdom is unwisdom. God denounces this spirit: "Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" (Isaiah 5:21), because such a spirit leads to the prohibited self-dependence, and is inconsistent with "the tear of the Lord." The precept of the text is reiterated by St. Paul, especially in Romans 12:16, "Be not wise in your own conceits" (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:8; Galatians 6:3). It commends humility. The diligent search for Wisdom is commanded. The great hindrance to all true wisdom is the thought that we have already attained it (Plumptre). In thine own eyes; i.e. in thine own estimation; arbitrio tuo (Trem. et Jun.). Fear the Lord, and depart from evil. The connection of this with the first part of the verse becomes clear upon reflection. "The fear of the Lord" is true wisdom (Job 28:28; Proverbs 1:7). Fear the Lord, therefore, because it is the best corrective of one's own wisdom, which engenders arrogance, pride, presumption of mind, which, moreover, is deceptive and apt to lead to sin. The fear of the Lord has this other advantage - that it leads to the departure from evil (Proverbs 16:6) It is the mark of the wise man that he fears the Lord, and departs from evil (Proverbs 14:16). These precepts form the two elements of practical piety (Delitzsch), an eminent example of which as Job (Job 1:1). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Do notאַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not be תְּהִ֣י (tə·hî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be wise חָכָ֣ם (ḥā·ḵām) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2450: Wise in your own eyes; בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain fear יְרָ֥א (yə·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten the LORD יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH and turn away וְס֣וּר (wə·sūr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 5493: To turn aside from evil. מֵרָֽע׃ (mê·rā‘) Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil Links Proverbs 3:7 NIVProverbs 3:7 NLT Proverbs 3:7 ESV Proverbs 3:7 NASB Proverbs 3:7 KJV Proverbs 3:7 BibleApps.com Proverbs 3:7 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 3:7 Chinese Bible Proverbs 3:7 French Bible Proverbs 3:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 3:7 Don't be wise in your own eyes (Prov. 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