"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6) Wait..."don't lean on your own understanding"? Then...how can we understand this verse, or anything in Scripture?? 😵‍💫 Let's do a Bible study and find out!! (Spoiler: there's a good and clear answer!! 😅🤓)

00:00 Intro

01:24 Proverbs 3: 5-6

02:07 Why study this passage? (Can we *understand*? 🤔)

05:23 Step 1: Prayer

6:27 Pre-loading info

7:30 About Proverbs in general

10:30 Context of our passage

12:40 Today's approach: words & phrases

13:18 Defining *trust*

20:39 ...in the LORD

25:40 with all your HEART

32:01 Lean not?

33:40 your OWN understanding

39:01 related passages in Proverbs (wider context!)

40:02 Proverbs 1: 1-7

41:42 Proverbs 2: 1-12

44:24 Verse 6

44:44 What do you think it means? 🤔

47:34 In ALL your ways

48:28 Acknowledge Him?

51:30 He will make straight your paths?

59:55 Help from Proverbs 4

01:03:28 My paraphrase

01:05:37 Encouragement

👉 Watch all the videos in this series here:

Bible Study Basics Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLADknl3H78jzCMuK1o91xCBhDMI34-3Ix

👉 My blog post on Proverbs 3: 5-6

https://morethanthismess.com/2024/03/20/proverbs-35-6-a-deep-dive-into-a-well-known-passage/

👉 How to Understand the Book of Proverbs Correctly

https://youtu.be/din8-ZzaVhY

👉 What is the meaning of Yahweh? (Got Questions Article)

https://www.gotquestions.org/meaning-of-Yahweh.html

👉 Mike Winger: Evidence for the Bible

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuhA0RPKZFHVcjIMN_-F596

👉 Mike Winger: Evidence for the Resurrection

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuhA0RPKZFHVcjIMN_-F596

👉 Hope & Faith are Choices, not Feelings

https://youtu.be/ghZO38UL7cI

👉 Bible Study Basics Series on my blog (free printable in Part 3):

https://morethanthismess.com/2025/08/29/bible-study-basics-part-one/

https://morethanthismess.com/2025/09/01/bible-study-basics-part-two

https://morethanthismess.com/2025/09/04/bible-study-basics-part-three/

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