Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Proverbs 16:3

“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”

Proverbs 16:3 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Proverbs 16:3, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Proverbs 16. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 10 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
  • Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
  • Psalms 55:22Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
  • Philippians 4:6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
  • 1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  • Job 22:28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
  • Job 5:8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
  • Luke 12:22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
  • Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body …
  • Isaiah 7:5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

More to meet God in Proverbs

Proverbs 3:5Proverbs 22:6Proverbs 18:10Proverbs 4:23Proverbs 17:22Proverbs 3:6Proverbs 15:1Proverbs 19:21Proverbs 11:25Proverbs 16:9Proverbs 29:25Proverbs 29:1Proverbs 28:4Proverbs 27:18

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.