Proverbs 3:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 3:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 3:17 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 3:17 — KJV
“Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.”
— Proverbs 3:17 (KJV)
Proverbs 3:17 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 3:17
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. travellers: Heb. walkers of paths byways: Heb. crooked ways”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 3:17: ways, paths
“They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 3:17: ways, paths
“Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 3:17: ways, paths
“As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 3:17: ways, peace
“And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 3:17: ways, paths
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