Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
הערת לימוד
Study Note
The promise 'he will make straight your paths' (or 'direct your paths') is the divine response to acknowledging God in all one's ways. The Hebrew 'yashar' (straight/right) contrasts with the 'crooked paths' of the wicked elsewhere in Proverbs, connoting both moral integrity and practical success. 'In all your ways acknowledge him' is unusually comprehensive — not merely in religious activities but in vocational decisions, relationships, and daily choices. The verse has been read through both a wisdom-retribution lens (obedience leads to observable life order) and a more eschatological lens (God ultimately rights what is wrong).
תרגומים נוספים
In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he will direct thy paths.
In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.
הפניות צולבות
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his …
And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered …
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and …
Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, …
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the …
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the …
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.