Proverbs 3:26

26 The LORD will be your confidence; he will guard your feet from being snared.

Proverbs 3:26 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 3:26

For the Lord shall be thy confidence
The object of it, in whom thou shall put thy confidence, and be safe and secure from all fear and danger: or "the Lord shall be in thy confidence" F7; shall support thee in it, and maintain that, so that thou shalt not cast it away; the word used has sometimes the notion off oily in it, and Jarchi, from the Jerusalem Talmud, produces a sense agreeable to it;

``the Lord shall be in things in which thou art foolish;''
which, how absurd it may seem to be, will admit of a good interpretation; that the Lord will be with Wisdom's followers in things which may seem foolishness to the world; as Christ, the things of Christ, and the things of the Spirit of Christ, the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are. The Targum is,
``the Lord shall be thine help,''
in all times of distress, difficulty, and danger; and shall keep thy foot from being taken;
in the snares of sin, temptation, and mischief; in those which Satan and the world lay for God's people; from these the Lord preserves them; wherefore happy are those that have an interest in Christ, who find and enjoy him.
FOOTNOTES:

F7 So Montanus, Vatablus, Michaelis.

Proverbs 3:26 In-Context

24 If you lie down, you won't be terrified. When you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.
25 Don't fear sudden terror or the ruin that comes to the wicked.
26 The LORD will be your confidence; he will guard your feet from being snared.
27 Don't withhold good from someone who deserves it, when it is in your power to do so.
28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go and come back; I'll give it to you tomorrow," when you have it.
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