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Proverbs 22:1-10

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1 1A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
2 2The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is 3the maker of them all.
3 4The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is 5riches and honor and life.[a]
5 6Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever 7guards his soul will keep far from them.
6 8Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 9The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8 Whoever 10sows injustice will reap calamity, and 11the rod of his fury will fail.
9 12Whoever has a bountiful[b] eye will be blessed, for he 13shares his bread with the poor.
10 14Drive out a scoffer, 15and strife will go out, and 16quarreling and abuse will cease.
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Proverbs 22:1-10 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

Cross References 16

  • 1. [Ecclesiastes 7:1]
  • 2. [Proverbs 29:13]
  • 3. Proverbs 14:31; Job 31:15
  • 4. Proverbs 27:12; [Proverbs 14:16]
  • 5. [Proverbs 21:20, 21]
  • 6. Proverbs 15:19
  • 7. Proverbs 21:23; [1 John 5:18]
  • 8. Ephesians 6:4; 2 Timothy 3:15
  • 9. James 2:6
  • 10. Job 4:8; [Hosea 10:13]
  • 11. [Isaiah 14:6; Isaiah 30:31]
  • 12. [Proverbs 19:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6]
  • 13. [Proverbs 19:17; Luke 14:13, 14]
  • 14. [Genesis 21:9, 10]
  • 15. [Proverbs 26:20]
  • 16. Proverbs 26:20

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life
  • [b]. Hebrew good
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.