Proverbs 22:1-9

On Life and Conduct

1 A ¹good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.

2 The rich and the poor have a common bond, The LORD is the ²maker of them all.

3 The ³prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go on, and are punished for it.

4 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life.

5 ⁴Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them.

6 ⁵Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

7 The ⁶rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave.

8 He who ⁷sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the ⁸rod of his fury will perish.

9 He who is ⁹generous * will be blessed, For he ¹⁰gives some of his food to the poor.

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Proverbs 22:1-9 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 10

1. Proverbs 10:7; Ecclesiastes 7:1
2. Job 31:15; Proverbs 14:31
3. Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 27:12; Isaiah 26:20
4. Proverbs 15:19
5. Ephesians 6:4
6. Proverbs 18:23; James 2:6
7. Job 4:8
8. Psalms 125:3
9. Proverbs 19:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6
10. Luke 14:13

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "meet together"
[b]. Lit "simple"
[c]. Or "reverence"
[d]. Lit "according to his way"
[e]. Lit "has a good eye"