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Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart

Proverbs 3:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
KJV
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.good…: or, good success
WEB
So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
ASV
So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.
LSV
And find grace and good understanding || In the eyes of God and man.
YLT
And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.
DBY
and thou shalt find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.Elohim
DRC
And thou shalt And grace and good understanding before God and men.
GNV
So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
JPS
So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.
LXXE
so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.Alex. + 'and write them on the table of thine heart.'See Rom. 12. 17.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּמְצָא־חֵ֖ן וְשֵֽׂכֶל־ט֑וֹב בְּעֵינֵ֖י אֱלֹהִ֣ים וְאָדָֽם׃
LXX-Br
καὶ προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 2:52And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
  • 1 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
  • Romans 14:18For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
  • Psalms 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
  • Genesis 39:2–4And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did, Joseph found favor in…
  • Genesis 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
  • Acts 2:47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
  • Daniel 1:9Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,
  • Joshua 1:7–8Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go. This Book of…

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