Proverbs 3:5 (BSB)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 3:5

• 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 3:5: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart,.... Not in a creature, the best, the holiest, and the highest; not in any creature enjoyment, as riches, strength, and wisdom; nor in any outward privilege, arising from natural descent and education; not in a man's self, in his own heart, which is deceitful; nor in any works of righteousness done by him; not in a profession...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:5: Trust . . . heart--This is the center and marrow of true wisdom (Pro 22:19; Pro 28:25). The positive duty has its corresponding negation in the admonition against self-confidence.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 3:5-8: Pro 3:5-8 Were “kindness and truth” (Pro 3:3) understood only in relation to men, then the following admonition would not be interposed, since it proceeds from that going before, if there the quality of kindness and truth, not only towards man, but also towards God, is commended: 5 Trust in Jahve with thy whole heart, And lean not on thine own understanding.