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Proverbs 22:1-8

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1 A good name is to be chosen over great wealth; favor is better than silver and gold.[a]
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:[b] the Lord made them both.[c] [d]
3 A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.[e]
4 The result of humility is fear of the Lord, along with wealth, honor, and life.[f]
5 There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;[g] the one who guards himself stays far from them.
6 Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.[h]
8 The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,[i] and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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Proverbs 22:1-8 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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