Proverbs 22:1-7

1 A good reputation is rather to be chosen than great riches and good grace rather than silver and gold.

2 The rich and poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

3 A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and receive hurt.

4 Riches and honour and life are the remuneration of humility and of the fear of the LORD.

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he that keeps his soul shall be far from them.

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

7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Proverbs 22:1-7 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.