Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
I. Trust in the Lord with all your heart
A. Psalm 32:10 - Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
B. Psalm 71:5 - For You are my hope, O Lord God; You are my trust from my youth.
C. Isaiah 12:2 - Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’ ”
D. Proverbs 3:3 - Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart,
E. Proverbs 16:21 - The wise in heart will be called prudent, and sweetness of the lips increases learning.
F. Proverbs 4:23 - Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
II. Lean not on your own understanding
A. Proverbs 28:26 - He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely will be delivered.
B. Proverbs 9:9 - Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
C. Jeremiah 10:23 - O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.
D. Proverbs 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.
III. In all your ways acknowledge Him
A. Proverbs 16:3 - Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.
B. Psalm 37:5 - Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.
C. Psalm 25:5 - Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; on You I wait all the day.
IV. He shall direct your paths
A. Proverbs 16:9 - A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.
B. Proverbs 11:3 - The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
C. Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
D. Psalm 23:3 - He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
V. Being guided by the wisdom of God
A. Proverbs 3:1-4, forget not the law.
B. Proverbs 3:7-8, fear the Lord and depart from evil.
C. Proverbs 3:9-10, honor the Lord with your substance.
D. Proverbs 3:11-12, love correction.
E. Proverbs 3:13-20, value wisdom.
F. Proverbs 3:21-26, keep wisdom.
G. Proverbs 3:27-30, do good to your neighbor.
H. Proverbs 3:31-35, do not envy the ungodly.
“In all thy ways acknowledge Him. Take one step at a time, every step under Divine warrant and direction. Ever plan for yourself in simple dependence on God. It is nothing less than self-idolatry to conceive that we can carry on even the ordinary matters of the day without His counsel. He loves to be consulted. Therefore take all thy difficulties to be resolved by Him. Be in the habit of going to Him in the first place—before self-will, self-pleasing, self-wisdom, human friends, convenience, expediency. Before any of these have been consulted go to God at once. Consider no circumstances too clear to need His direction. In all thy ways, small as well as great; in all thy concerns, personal or relative, temporal or eternal, let Him be supreme.” Charles Bridges
Proverbs 3:5-6, amplified
Trust (to hide for refuge, to be confident, to be bold, to hope) in the Lord with all your heart, Lean (place all my weight on something so it completely supports me) not on your own understanding, In ALL your ways acknowledge (observe, recognize, commit, regard, appoint) Him, And He shall direct (to make straight or even, to be appropriate) your paths.