Proverbs 22:18-28

18 For it will be ¹pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips.

19 So that your ²trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you.

20 Have I not written to you ³excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

21 To make you ⁴know the certainty of the words of truth That you may ⁵correctly answer him who sent you?

22 ⁶Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Or ⁷crush the afflicted at the gate;

23 For the LORD will ⁸plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.

24 Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a ⁹hot-tempered man,

25 Or you will ¹⁰learn his ways And find a snare for yourself.

26 Do not be among those who ¹¹give * pledges *, Among those who become guarantors for debts.

27 If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he ¹²take your bed from under you?

28 ¹³Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.

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Proverbs 22:18-28 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 13

1. Proverbs 2:10
2. Proverbs 3:5
3. Proverbs 8:6
4. Luke 1:3, 4
5. Proverbs 25:13; 1 Peter 3:15
6. Exodus 23:6; Job 31:16; Proverbs 22:16
7. Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5
8. 1 Samuel 25:39; Psalms 12:5; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 140:12; Proverbs 23:11; Jeremiah 51:36
9. Proverbs 29:22
10. 1 Corinthians 15:33
11. Proverbs 17:18
12. Exodus 22:26; Proverbs 20:16
13. Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Job 24:2; Proverbs 23:10

Footnotes 8

[a]. Lit "They together"
[b]. Lit "made you know"
[c]. Or "previous"
[d]. Lit "truth"
[e]. Lit "return to words of truth"
[f]. Lit "rob the soul"
[g]. Lit "take"
[h]. Lit "strike hands"