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- Proverbs
- Chapter 16
- Verse 3
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
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Gill's Exposition
Commit thy works unto the Lord,.... Natural, civil, or religious; seek to him for strength and assistance in all, and leave the success of all with him: or "roll thy works on" or "unto the Lord" (b);…
Barnes' Notes
Commit - literally, as in the margin, as a man transfers a burden from his own back to one stronger and better able to bear it. Compare the margin reference. Thy thoughts - i. e., The plans or…
Matthew Henry
Note, 1. It is a very desirable thing to have our thoughts established, and not tossed, and put into a hurry, by disquieting cares and fears, - to go on in an even steady course of honesty and piety,…
Cambridge Bible
Commit … unto Lit. Roll … upon. Comp. Psa 22:8 [Hebrews 9], Psa 37:5, and notes there in this Series.
thoughts or, purposes, R.V. marg. The precept is germane to that in Pro 16:16. Commit to Jehovah…
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