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Proverbs 22:16-26

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16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich-both lead only to poverty.[a]

Words of the Wise

17 Listen closely,[b] pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.
18 For it is pleasing if you keep them within you[c] and if[d] they are constantly on your lips.
19 I have instructed you today-even you- so that your confidence may be in the Lord.
20 Haven't I written for you thirty sayings[e] about counsel and knowledge,
21 in order to teach you true and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report[f] to those who sent you?[g]
22 Don't rob a poor man because he is poor, and don't crush the oppressed at the gate,[h]
23 for the Lord will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.[i]
24 Don't make friends with an angry man,[j] and don't be a companion of a hot-tempered man,
25 or you will learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.[k]
26 Don't be one of those who enter agreements,[l] who put up security for loans.[m]
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Proverbs 22:16-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 10

This chapter contains an account of the queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon to her great satisfaction, 1Ki 10:1-13, of Solomon's merchandise and riches, and the magnificence of his court, 1Ki 10:14-23, of the rich presents sent to him, and of the purchase of chariots and horses, and other things, he made, 1Ki 10:24-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 13

  • [a] Pr 11:24; 22:7; 28:27
  • [b] Lit Stretch out your ear
  • [c] Pr 18:8
  • [d] Or you; let them be, or you, so that
  • [e] Text emended; one Hb tradition reads you previously; alt Hb tradition reads you excellent things; LXX, Syr, Vg read you three times
  • [f] Lit give dependable words
  • [g] Pr 10:26; 25:13
  • [h] Pr 24:7; Ru 4:11; Zch 8:16
  • [i] Pr 23:10-11; Isa 3:13-15
  • [j] Lit with a master of anger
  • [k] Pr 15:18; 18:7; 19:19
  • [l] Lit who shakes hands
  • [m] Pr 6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18

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