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Proverbs 22:21-29

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21 in order to teach you true and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report[a] to those who sent you?[b]
22 Don't rob a poor man because he is poor, and don't crush the oppressed at the gate,[c]
23 for the Lord will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.[d]
24 Don't make friends with an angry man,[e] and don't be a companion of a hot-tempered man,
25 or you will learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.[f]
26 Don't be one of those who enter agreements,[g] who put up security for loans.[h]
27 If you have no money to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.
28 Don't move an ancient property line that your fathers set up.[i]
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.[j]
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Proverbs 22:21-29 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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