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Proverbs 3:26
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A father instructs his son in the middle of a series of imperatives about trust and conduct. The immediate prior verse (3:25) commands the son not to fear sudden danger, and this verse supplies the reason.
The words — בְּכִסְלֶךָ (bikkishekha), "your confidence," is a rare noun (H3689) that names the inner posture of trust rather than the external act of relying. It grounds the claim that Yahweh himself becomes the substance of the son's security.
The thread — Proverbs 14:26 pairs fear of the LORD with confidence and refuge; Psalms 91:3 uses the same snare imagery for deliverance; 1 Samuel 2:9 speaks of guarding the steps of the faithful.
Why it lands — It asks the reader to stop treating security as something they must manufacture through vigilance and instead accept that Yahweh is the ground of their confidence. The practical demand is to release the fear named in verse 25.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Cross-references
- Psalms 91:3 Surely He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly plague.
- Proverbs 14:26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- 1 Samuel 2:9 He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.
- Psalms 91:9 Because you have made the LORD your dwelling—my refuge, the Most High—
- Habakkuk 3:17 Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,