The Church Fathers on this verse

Proverbs 3:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

Douay-Rheims

בְּטַ֣ח אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בְּכָל־לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְאֶל־בִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗ אַל־תִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Nikolaj Velimirovic

20th centuryChurch Father

O my brethren, trust in the Lord, in Him alone, with all your heart. He has delivered you countless times to this day from your own understanding, from its deception and lies, from the dangers into which it has led you. As a blind man before one who can see, so is your understanding before the understanding of God. Entrust yourselves, you blind ones, to your Guide.

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