Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. Trusting in the Lord does not mean that we may not use our own understanding, forming our plans with discretion, and with all possible foresight and precaution, and in pursuing our ends employing all suitable and legitimate means. There is a legitimate using of the understanding that is not chargeable with "leaning to it." While we use it we are to depend on God for success, trust in the promises of His Word, and in the care and overruling direction of His providence. As dependence upon God for strength to resist temptation does not preclude our applying all the energy of our minds, so dependence upon Him for direction in our ways does not set aside the employment of our own prudence and sagacity. God is the Supreme Director of all events, whose concurrent will is essential to the success of every measure; without it all the thoughts of men are vain, turning out subversive of their own designs and subservient to God's. (R. Wardlaw, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.WEB: Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. |
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