So that your trust may be in the Lord, I have taught you today, you indeed.
Parallel translations
- WEB That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.
- KJV That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
- BSB So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
- NKJV So that your trust may be in the Lord; I have instructed you today, even you.
- NLT I am teaching you today—yes, you— so you will trust in the Lord.
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Quick answer
The whole aim of this teaching is that the student's trust would rest in the LORD.
Overview
The goal of wisdom instruction is not mere skill but faith directed toward Yahweh Himself. The personal emphasis ("even you") underscores that this trust is meant to be the reader's own. Proverbs thus agrees with the gospel's center: that true life and wisdom are found in confident trust in God, ultimately in the One who is "the wisdom of God" (1 Cor. 1:24, 30).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 62:8Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Prov 3:5Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Isa 26:4Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
- 1 Pet 1:21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
- Jer 17:7“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh.
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