Proverbs 3 emphasises a father’s concern that his son lives a life of trusting the Lord. Coupled with this is his desire that his son be trustworthy. We can summarise vv. 1-12 as “trusting and trustworthy.” The father knew that God is trustworthy and he wanted to pass that knowledge to his son. We will study these verses under two major headings: (1) the command to trust (vv. 1-4), and (2) the consequences of trust (vv. 5-12).