Proverbs 3:4
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
*‖So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, good successe.
- *Cross-referencePsal. 111.10.
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- 1 Samuel 2:26Rank 2 from verse 4
- Romans 14:18Rank 3 from verse 4
- Psalms 111:10Rank 4 from verse 4
- Genesis 39:2–4Rank 5 from verse 4
2And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
2And the LORD was with Ioseph, and hee was a prosperous man, and hee was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3And his master sawe that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did, to prosper in his hand.
4And Ioseph found grace in his sight, and he serued him; and hee made him ouerseer ouer his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
- Genesis 39:21Rank 6 from verse 4
- Daniel 1:9Rank 8 from verse 4
- Joshua 1:7–8Rank 9 from verse 4
7Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
7Onely bee thou strong, and very courageous, that thou mayest obserue to doe according to all the Law, which Moses my seruant commaunded thee: *turne not from it to the right hand, or to the left, that thou mayest ‖prosper whither soeuer thou goest.
8This booke of the Law shal not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest obserue to doe according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt ‖haue good successe.
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Proverbs 3:4
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
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Sense 1: Goodwill, approval, acceptance, kindness, mercy, support, or beneficial regard. Sense 2: Pleasing appearance or charm. Sense 3: To regard, support, prefer, or treat kindly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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understanding
1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.
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The one true God.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
3*Let not mercy and trueth forsake thee: bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart.
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
4*‖So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man.
Selected passage5¶ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
5¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding.