Proverbs 3 › verse
Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.
Humility and prideFear of the LORD
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Cross-references 11
Be not wise in thine own eyes 4
- Proverbs 26:12
12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
- Isaiah 5:21
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight!
- Romans 11:25
25For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
- Romans 12:16
16Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
fear the LORD 7
- Proverbs 14:27
27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 16:6
6In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the LORD one departs from evil.
- Nehemiah 5:15
15But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
- Job 1:1
1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
- Job 28:28 J-65 Job 28:3-28
28And to man He said, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil is understanding."'
- Psalms 34:11-14
11Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12Who is the man who desires life, And loves many days, that he may see good? 13Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. 14Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13
13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man's all.