Proverbs 22:23-29

23 for the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoiled them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go,

25 lest thou learn his ways and get a snare for thy soul.

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts;

27 if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

28 Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.

29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before men of low estate.

Proverbs 22:23-29 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.