Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Parallel translations
- WEB Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
- KJV Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
- NKJV Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established.
- NASB Commit your works to the Lord, And your plans will be established.
- NLT Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
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Quick answer
Entrust your works to the Lord and your plans will be established. It matters because committing our efforts to God in dependence is the path to lasting success.
Overview
This proverb invites believers to roll their works onto Yahweh in trust, with the promise that their plans will be made firm. It is not a guarantee of every wish but an assurance that surrendered plans align with God's good purposes. It reflects the call to trust the Lord with all the heart (Proverbs 3:5-6).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 37:4–5Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- Prov 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Ps 55:22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Phil 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- 1 Pet 5:7Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
- Job 22:28Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
- Job 5:8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—
- Luke 12:22Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
- Matt 6:25–34Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
- Isa 7:5–7For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
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