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Proverbs 22:1-6
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A good name is more desirable than great wealth. Respect is better than silver or gold.
2
The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.
3
Sensible people foresee trouble and hide [from it], but gullible people go ahead and suffer [the consequence].
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On the heels of humility (the fear of the LORD) are riches and honor and life.
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A devious person has thorns and traps ahead of him. Whoever guards himself will stay far away from them.
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Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not turn away from it.
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Proverbs 22:1-6 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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