Proverbs 3:3-6

Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart

³ Let not _c steadfast love and _d faithfulness forsake you;
_e bind them around your neck;
_f write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ So you will _g find favor and _h good success ₁
in the sight of God and man.

⁵ _i Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and _j do not lean on your own understanding.
⁶ In all your ways _k acknowledge him,
and he _l will make straight your paths.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 85:10
   Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 20:28
   Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
   Isaiah 59:14
   Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 1:9
   For they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.
   Proverbs 6:21
   Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck.
   Proverbs 7:3
   Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
   
4. Cross References
   Proverbs 7:3
   Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
   Jeremiah 17:1
   The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars.
   2 Corinthians 3:3
   And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Samuel 2:26
   Now the young man Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.
   Luke 2:52
   And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
   Romans 14:18
   Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.
   
6. Cross References
   Psalms 111:10
   The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 37:3
   Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
   Psalms 37:5
   Commit your way to the Lord ; trust in him, and he will act.
   
8. Cross References
   Jeremiah 9:23
   Thus says the Lord : "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 28:9
   And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
   
10. Cross References
    Psalms 73:24
    You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.