Proverbs 16:20

Attending to instruction brings good, and trusting the Lord brings blessing. It matters because heeding God's word and trusting Him are the path to true happiness.

Cross-references · 20

• Jer 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
• Ps 2:12Give sincere homage to the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish on the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.
• Isa 30:18Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.
• Isa 26:3–4You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.
• Ps 34:8Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
• Prov 19:8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
• Prov 8:35For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
• Dan 1:19–21The king talked with them; and among them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
• Dan 6:23Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
• Ps 146:5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
• Prov 24:3–5Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
• Matt 10:16“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• Dan 3:28Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Prov 13:15Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
• Ps 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
• Gen 41:38–40Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
• 1 Chr 5:20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was answered them, because they put their trust in him.
• Prov 17:2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.
• Prov 22:19–20That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.
• Eph 1:12–13to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:

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