The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:1
My son ( b'ni ) serves to externally connect this discourse with the preceding. Forget not my law. This admonition bears a strong resemblance to that in Proverbs 1:8 , though the terms employed are somewhat different, torah and mits'oth here occupying the place respectively of musar and torah in that passage. My law ( torathi ) , is literally, my teaching, or doctrine, from the root yarah, "to teach." The torah is the whole body of salutary doctrine, and... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart - This is a most important precept: God is the Fountain of all good. He has made his intelligent creatures dependent upon himself. He requires them to be conscious of that dependence. He has promised to communicate what they need. He commands them to believe his promise, and look for its fulfillment. And to do this without doubt, fear, or distrust; "with their whole heart." Lean not unto thine own understanding - תשען אל al tishshaen ... read more