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The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD

Proverbs 16:3

In 10 translations

BSB
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
KJV
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.Commit: Heb. Roll
WEB
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
ASV
Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.
LSV
Roll your works to YHWH, || And your purposes are established,
YLT
Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
DBY
Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy thoughts shall be established.
DRC
Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed.
GNV
Commit thy workes vnto the Lord, and thy thoughts shalbe directed.
JPS
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

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גֹּ֣ל אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

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  • Psalms 37:4–5Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
  • Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  • Psalms 55:22Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • 1 Peter 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.
  • Matthew 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? Look at the birds of the air: They do…
  • Isaiah 7:5–7For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying: ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’ But this…

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