Proverbs 3:4 (BSB)

Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 3:4

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:1-6: We are here taught to live a life of communion with God; and without controversy great is this mystery of godliness, and of great consequence to us, and, as is here shown, will be of unspeakable advantage. I. We must have a continual regard to God's precepts, Pro 3:1, Pro 3:2. 1.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 3:4: So shall thou find favour,.... Or "grace" (i); the grace of God, and larger measures of it; as Noah did, Gen 6:8; which are communicated to men when in the way of their duty: or good will, esteem, and respect, among men; as Joseph had with Potiphar, and the keeper of the prison, Gen 39:4; and good understanding in the sight of God and man...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:4: favour--grace, amiability (Pro 22:11; Psa 45:2); united with this, a good understanding--(Compare Margin), a discrimination, which secures success. in the sight . . . man--such as God and man approve.
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 3:4: Pro 3:4 To the admonitory imper. there follows here a second, as Pro 4:4; Pro 20:13; Amo 5:4; 2Ch 20:20, instead of which also the perf. consec. might stand; the counsellor wishes, with the good to which he advises, at the same time to present its good results. שׂכל is (1Sa 25:3) the appearance, for the Arab.