Proverbs 3:5 (WEB)

Passage

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 3:3 Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Proverbs 3:4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Proverbs 3:7 Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "trust", "yahweh", "heart", "lean", and "understanding". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "trust" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "So you will find favor and good..." into verse 6's "In all your ways acknowledge him and...", so "trust" and "yahweh" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "trust" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.