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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart ...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 22:1
Hebrew
נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעֹשֶׁר רָב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טֽוֹב׃nivechar-shem-me'osher-rav-mikhesef-vmizahav-chen-tvov
KJV: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
AKJV: A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
ASV: Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches,
YLT: A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace.
Exposition: Proverbs 22:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:2
Hebrew
עָשִׁיר וָרָשׁ נִפְגָּשׁוּ עֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם יְהוָֽה׃'ashiyr-varash-nifegashv-'osheh-khulam-yehvah
KJV: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
AKJV: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
ASV: The rich and the poor meet together:
YLT: Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.
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Proverbs 22:2
Verse 2 The rich and poor meet together - עשיר ashir the opulent, whether in money, land, or property; רש rash, the man that is destitute of these, and lives by his labor, whether a handicraftsman, or one that tills the ground. In the order of God, the rich and the poor live together, and are mutually helpful to each other. Without the poor, the rich could not be supplied with the articles which they consume; for the poor include all the laboring classes of society: and without the rich, the poor could get no vent for the produce of their laborer, nor, in many cases, labor itself. The poor have more time to labor than the mere necessaries of life require; their extra time is employed in providing a multitude of things which are called the superfluities of life, and which the rich especially consume. All the poor man's time is thus employed; and he is paid for his extra labor by the rich. The rich should not despise the poor, without whom he can neither have his comforts, nor maintain his state. The poor should not envy the rich, without whom he could neither get employment, nor the necessaries of life. The Lord is the Maker of them all - Both the states are in the order of God's providence and both are equally important in his sight. Merely considered as men, God loves the simple artificer or laborer as much as he does the king; though the office of the latter, because of its entering into the plan of his government of the world, is of infinitely greatly consequence than the trade of the poor artificer. Neither should despise the other; neither should envy the other. Both are useful; both important; both absolutely necessary to each other's welfare and support; and both are accountable to God for the manner in which they acquit themselves in those duties of life which God has respectively assigned them. The abject poor - those who are destitute of health and the means of life - God in effect lays at the rich man's door, that by his superfluities they may be supported. How wise is that ordinance which has made the rich and the poor! Pity it were not better understood!
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Proverbs 22:2
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:3
Hebrew
עָרוּם ׀ רָאָה רָעָה ויסתר וְנִסְתָּר וּפְתָיִים עָבְרוּ וְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃'arvm- -ra'ah-ra'ah-vystr-venisetar-vfetayiym-'averv-vene'enashv
KJV: A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
AKJV: A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
ASV: A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
YLT: The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
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Proverbs 22:3
Verse 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil - God in mercy has denied man the knowledge of futurity; but in its place he has given him hope and prudence. By hope he is continually expecting and anticipating good; by prudence he derives and employs means to secure it. His experience shows him that there are many natural evils in a current state, the course of which he can neither stem nor divert: prudence shows him beforehand the means he may use to step out of their way, and hide himself. The simple - the inexperienced, headstrong, giddy, and foolish - rush on in the career of hope, without prudence to regulate, chastise, and guide it; thus they commit many faults, make many miscarriages, and suffer often in consequence; and the commission of crimes leads to punishment.
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Proverbs 22:3
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:4
Hebrew
עֵקֶב עֲנָוָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד וְחַיִּֽים׃'eqev-'anavah-yire'at-yehvah-'osher-vekhavvod-vechayiym
KJV: By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
AKJV: By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.
ASV: The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
YLT: The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 22:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 22:4
Proverbs 22:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 22:4
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:5
Hebrew
צִנִּים פַּחִים בְּדֶרֶךְ עִקֵּשׁ שׁוֹמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ יִרְחַק מֵהֶֽם׃tziniym-fachiym-vederekhe-'iqesh-shvomer-nafeshvo-yirechaq-mehem
KJV: Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
AKJV: Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
ASV: Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse:
YLT: Thorns--snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 22:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 22:5
Proverbs 22:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 22:5
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:6
Hebrew
חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכּוֹ גַּם כִּֽי־יַזְקִין לֹֽא־יָסוּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃chanokhe-lana'ar-'al-fiy-darekhvo-gam-khiy-yazeqiyn-lo'-yasvr-mimenah
KJV: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
AKJV: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
ASV: Train up a child in the way he should go,
YLT: Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 22:6Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 22:6
Verse 6 Train up a child in the way he should go - The Hebrew of this clause is curious: חנך לנער על פי דרכו chanoch lannaar al pi darco, "Initiate the child at the opening (the mouth) of his path." When he comes to the opening of the way of life, being able to walk alone, and to choose; stop at this entrance, and begin a series of instructions, how he is to conduct himself in every step he takes. Show him the duties, the dangers, and the blessings of the path; give him directions how to perform the duties, how to escape the dangers, and how to secure the blessings, which all lie before him. Fix these on his mind by daily inculcation, till their impression is become indelible; then lead him to practice by slow and almost imperceptible degrees, till each indelible impression becomes a strongly radicated habit. Beg incessantly the blessing of God on all this teaching and discipline; and then you have obeyed the injunction of the wisest of men. Nor is there any likelihood that such impressions shall ever be effaced, or that such habits shall ever be destroyed. חנך chanac, which we translate train up or initiate, signifies also dedicate; and is often used for the consecrating any thing, house, or person, to the service of God. Dedicate, therefore, in the first instance, your child to God; and nurse, teach, and discipline him as God's child, whom he has intrusted to your care. These things observed, and illustrated by your own conduct, the child (you have God's word for it) will never depart from the path of life. Coverdale translates the passage thus: "Yf thou teachest a childe what waye he shoulde go, he shall not leave it when he is olde." Coverdale's Bible, for generally giving the true sense of a passage, and in elegant language for the time, has no equal in any of the translations which have followed since. Horace's maxim is nearly like that of Solomon: - Fingit equum tenera docilem cervice magister Ire viam, quam monstrat eques; venaticus, ex quo Tempore cervinam pellem latravit in aula, Militat in sylvis catulus. Nunc adbibe puro Pectore verba, puer; nunc te melioribus ofter. Quo semel est imbuta recens, servabit odorem Testa diu. Hor. Ep. lib. i., ep. 2, ver. 64. "The docile colt is form'd with gentle skill To move obedient to his rider's will. In the loud hall the hound is taught to bay The buckskin trail'd, then challenges his prey Through the wild woods. Thus, in your hour of youth From pure instruction quaff the words of truth: The odours of the wine that first shall stain The virgin vessel, it shall long retain." Francis.
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Proverbs 22:6
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:7
Hebrew
עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁים יִמְשׁוֹל וְעֶבֶד לֹוֶה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶֽה׃'ashiyr-verashiym-yimeshvol-ve'eved-loveh-le'iysh-maleveh
KJV: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
AKJV: The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
ASV: The rich ruleth over the poor;
YLT: The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.
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Proverbs 22:7
Verse 7 The rich ruieth over the poor - So it is in the order of God, and may be a blessing to both.
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Proverbs 22:7
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:8
Hebrew
זוֹרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצור־יִקְצָר־אָוֶן וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃zvore'a-'avelah-yqtzvr-yiqetzar-'aven-veshevet-'everatvo-yikheleh
KJV: He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
AKJV: He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
ASV: He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity;
YLT: Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
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Proverbs 22:8
Verse 8 He that soweth iniquity - The crop must be according to the seed. If a man sow thistle seed, is it likely he shall reap wheat? If he sow to the flesh, shall he not of the flesh reap destruction?
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:9
Hebrew
טֽוֹב־עַיִן הוּא יְבֹרָךְ כִּֽי־נָתַן מִלַּחְמוֹ לַדָּֽל׃tvov-'ayin-hv'-yevorakhe-khiy-natan-milachemvo-ladal
KJV: He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
AKJV: He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
ASV: He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
YLT: The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
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Proverbs 22:9
Verse 9 A bountiful eye - One that disposes him to help all that he sees to be in want; the bountiful eye means the bountiful heart; for the heart looks through the eye. The merciful heart, even when the hand has little or nothing to give, shall be blessed of the Lord.
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Proverbs 22:9
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:10
Hebrew
גָּרֵֽשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדוֹן וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֽוֹן׃garesh-letz-veyetze'-madvon-veyishevot-diyn-veqalvon
KJV: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
AKJV: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.
ASV: Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
YLT: Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 22:10Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 22:10
Proverbs 22:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 22:10
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:11
Hebrew
אֹהֵב טהור־טְהָר־לֵב חֵן שְׂפָתָיו רֵעֵהוּ מֶֽלֶךְ׃'ohev-thvr-tehar-lev-chen-shefatayv-re'ehv-melekhe
KJV: He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
AKJV: He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
ASV: He that loveth pureness of heart,
YLT: Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.
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Verse 11 He that loveth pureness of heart - Who aims to be what God would have him to be - the King of kings shall be his Friend. There is no class of men that value uprightness more than kings; as none stand so much in need of it in their servants.
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Proverbs 22:11
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- Friend
Exposition: Proverbs 22:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:12
Hebrew
עֵינֵי יְהוָה נָצְרוּ דָעַת וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵֽד׃'eyney-yehvah-natzerv-da'at-vayesalef-diverey-voged
KJV: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
AKJV: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
ASV: The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge;
YLT: The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
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Verse 12 The eyes of the Lord - (the Divine providence) preserve knowledge - This providence has been wonderfully manifested in preserving the sacred oracles, and in preserving many ancient authors, which have been of great use to the civil interests of man.
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Proverbs 22:12
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- Ovid
Exposition: Proverbs 22:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:13
Hebrew
אָמַר עָצֵל אֲרִי בַחוּץ בְּתוֹךְ רְחֹבוֹת אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃'amar-'atzel-'ariy-vachvtz-vetvokhe-rechovvot-'eratzecha
KJV: The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
AKJV: The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
ASV: The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
YLT: The slothful hath said, `A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
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Verse 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without - But why does he say so? Because he is a slothful man. Remove his slothfulness, and these imaginary difficulties and dangers will be no more. He will not go abroad to work in the fields, because he thinks there is a lion in the way, he will not go out into the town for employment, as he fears to be assassinated in the streets! From both these circumstances he seeks total cessation from activity.
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Proverbs 22:13
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:14
Hebrew
שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה פִּי זָרוֹת זְעוּם יְהוָה יפול־יִפָּל־שָֽׁם׃shvchah-'amuqah-fiy-zarvot-ze'vm-yehvah-yfvl-yifal-sham
KJV: The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
AKJV: The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
ASV: The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;
YLT: A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
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Verse 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit - In Pro 23:27, he says, A whore is a Deep Ditch:, oud a strange woman is a Narrow Pit. The allusions in these three places are too plain to be misunderstood. Virgil's hell has been adduced in illustration: - - Sate sanguine Divum, Tros Anchisiade, facilis decensus Averni; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis: Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc Opus, hic Labor est. Pauci quos aequus amavit Jupiter, aut ardens evexit ad aethera virtus, Dis geniti potuere. Virg. Aen, lib. vi., ver. 125. "O glorious prince of brave Anchises' line! Great godlike hero! sprung from seed divine, Smooth lies the road to Pluto's gloomy shade; And hell's black gates for ever stand display'd: But 'tis a long unconquerable pain, To climb to these ethereal realms again. The choice-selected few, whom favoring Jove, Or their own virtue, rais'd to heaven above, From these dark realms emerged again to day; The mighty sons of gods, and only they. Pitt.
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Proverbs 22:14
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- Deep Ditch
- Narrow Pit
- Divum
- Tros Anchisiade
- Averni
- Ditis
- Hoc Opus
- Jupiter
- Virg
- Aen
- Jove
- Pitt
Exposition: Proverbs 22:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:15
Hebrew
אִוֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָה בְלֶב־נָעַר שֵׁבֶט מוּסָר יַרְחִיקֶנָּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃'ivelet-qeshvrah-velev-na'ar-shevet-mvsar-yarechiyqenah-mimenv
KJV: Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
AKJV: Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
ASV: Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
YLT: Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
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Proverbs 22:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 22:15
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- Proverbs 22:15
Exposition: Proverbs 22:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:16
Hebrew
עֹשֵֽׁק דָּל לְהַרְבּוֹת לוֹ נֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃'osheq-dal-leharevvot-lvo-noten-le'ashiyr-'akhe-lemachesvor
KJV: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
AKJV: He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
ASV: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
YLT: He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.
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Verse 16 He that oppresseth the poor - He who, in order to obtain the favor of the rich and great, either robs or cheats the poor, to make those men presents; or gives in presents to them, for the sake of honor and reputation, what he should have given to the poor, shall surely come to want.
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Proverbs 22:16
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:17
Hebrew
הַט אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּֽי׃hat-'azenekha-vshema'-diverey-chakhamiym-velivekha-tashiyt-leda'etiy
KJV: Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
AKJV: Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
ASV: Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
YLT: Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
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Proverbs 22:17
Verse 17 Bow down thine ear - From this to the end of Pro 22:21 are contained, not proverbs, but directions how to profit by that which wisdom has already delivered; the nature of the instruction, and the end for which it was given. I shall give a paraphrase of this very important passage: - I. Solomon addresses his pupils on the use of his past teachings. See on Pro 22:6 (note). 1. The wise man speaks; and all his words, not merely his sentiments, are to be carefully heard. 2. He speaks knowledge - gives doctrines true in themselves, and confirmed by observation and experience. 3. These are to be heard with humility and deep attention: "Bow down thine ear." 4. They must not only be heard, but meditated and pondered: "Apply thine heart to my knowledge."
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Proverbs 22:17
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:18
Hebrew
כִּֽי־נָעִים כִּֽי־תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃khiy-na'iym-khiy-tishemerem-vevitenekha-yikhonv-yachedav-'al-shefateykha
KJV: For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
AKJV: For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips.
ASV: For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,
YLT: For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
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Verse 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee - II. The pleasure and profit which may be derived from an attentive hearing. 1. They should be laid up in the heart-stored, treasured up within thee. 2. This will yield high satisfaction and happiness to the soul: "For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee." 3. The man who thus attends to the teachings of wisdom shall gain an experimental knowledge of them, so as to be able to speak of them suitably, pertinently and persuasively. "They shall withal be fitted in thy lips."
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Proverbs 22:18
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:19
Hebrew
לִהְיוֹת בַּיהוָה מִבְטַחֶךָ הוֹדַעְתִּיךָ הַיּוֹם אַף־אָֽתָּה׃liheyvot-vayhvah-mivetachekha-hvoda'etiykha-hayvom-'af-'atah
KJV: That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
AKJV: That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
ASV: That thy trust may be in Jehovah,
YLT: That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.
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Verse 19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known, etc. - III. The End for which the wise man gives these instructions: - 1. "That thy trust may be in the Lord." That thou mayest acknowledge Him as the Fountain of all good; and refer every thing to him. 2. That this end may be accomplished, the instructions are specific and particular: "I have made known to thee, even to thee." 3. And this has not only been done in times past, "I have made known:" but even in the present, "I have made known this day!" IV. An appeal is made to the person himself relative to the matter and importance of the teaching. 1. "Have I not written to thee excellent things;" שלשים shalishim, literally threefold, thrice, in three different ways; which some think refers to his three books: - 1. Song of Solomon. 2. Koheleth, or Ecclesiastes. 3. Proverbs. Others, understanding it of the voice of Divine wisdom, suppose the three grand divisions of the sacred oracles are intended; viz., 1. The Law; 2. The Prophets; 3. The Hagiographa. And others interpret it of the three grand intellectual sciences: - 1. Morality, or Ethics. 2. Natural Philosophy, or Physics. 3. Theology, or the science of Divine things as reported in the Scriptures. But Solomon's books of Natural Philosophy are lost. And lastly, some of the rabbins and some Christians find in these shalishim the three senses of Scripture: 1. Literal; 2. Figurative; 3. Allegorical. After all, as we know the term thrice was used as the term seven, a certain number for an uncertain, (see Amo 1:11; 2Cor 12:8), it may mean no more here than, I have written to thee often. But perhaps it is safer to apply it to the Scriptures, and the excellent doctrines they contain: for שלשים shalishim signifies also excellent, princely things; things which become a king to speak. Indeed, it would not be difficult to prove that there is not one important art or science which is not alluded to in the Holy Scriptures, and used to illustrate and inculcate heavenly truths. 2. These excellent, princely, or threefold teachings, consist of two grand parts: 1. Counsels, מעצות moetsoth, from יוץ yaats, to give advice, counsel, or information. These (1) show thee what thou shouldst know; and (2) advise thee what thou shouldst do. 2. Knowledge, דעת daath, from ידע yada, to perceive, or feel by means of the senses and internal perception; viz., what should be felt, experienced, known to be true by mental perception, and by their influence on the heart and affections. V. All this is done to give the pupil the fullest satisfaction, and most plenary evidence concerning the truths of God.
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Proverbs 22:19
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- 2Cor 12:8
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- Philo
- Lord
- Solomon
- Koheleth
- Ecclesiastes
- Proverbs
- The Law
- The Prophets
- The Hagiographa
- Morality
- Ethics
- Natural Philosophy
- Physics
- Theology
- Scriptures
- Scripture
- Literal
- Figurative
- Allegorical
- Indeed
- Holy Scriptures
- Counsels
- Knowledge
Exposition: Proverbs 22:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:20
Hebrew
הֲלֹא כָתַבְתִּי לְךָ שלשום שָׁלִישִׁים בְּמוֹעֵצֹת וָדָֽעַת׃halo'-khatavetiy-lekha-shlshvm-shaliyshiym-vemvo'etzot-vada'at
KJV: Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
AKJV: Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
ASV: Have not I written unto thee excellent things
YLT: Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?
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Proverbs 22:20
Proverbs 22:20 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 22:20
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- Proverbs 22:20
Exposition: Proverbs 22:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:21
Hebrew
לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ קֹשְׁטְ אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת לְהָשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃lehvodiy'akha-qoshete-'imerey-'emet-lehashiyv-'amariym-'emet-lesholecheykha
KJV: That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
AKJV: That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you?
ASV: To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,
YLT: To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.
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Verse 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth - 1. These are words or doctrines of truth: 1. They are true in themselves. 2. Come from the God of truth. 3. Are truly fulfilled to all that believe. 2. These words of truth are certain, קשט koshet, they are not of dubious or difficult interpretation; they point directly to the great end for which God gave them; they promise, and they are fulfilled. He who pleads them by faith, receives their accomplishment in the spirit and power of Divine love. The Scriptures, as far as they concern the salvation of the soul, are to be experimentally understood; and, by this experimental knowledge, every believer has the witness in himself, and knows the certainty of the words of truth. VI. What we know ourselves to be true, and of infinite importance to the welfare of men in general, we should carefully proclaim and witness, that they also may believe. That thou mightest answer the words of truth - 1. When the doctrine of salvation is preached, there will be many inquirers. What is this doctrine? Have any persons received these blessings - the remission of sins, witness of the Holy Spirit, purification of the heart, etc., etc.? Who are they? What are the collateral arguments that prove these things, and show us that you have not misapprehended the meaning of these Scriptures? 2. Inquiries of this kind should meet with the speediest and most distinct answers; and the doctrines of truth should be supported and illustrated with the words of truth. "That thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee."
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Proverbs 22:21
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- The Scriptures
- Holy Spirit
Exposition: Proverbs 22:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:22
Hebrew
אַֽל־תִּגְזָל־דָּל כִּי דַל־הוּא וְאַל־תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּֽׁעַר׃'al-tigezal-dal-khiy-dal-hv'-ve'al-tedakhe'-'aniy-vasha'ar
KJV: Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
AKJV: Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
ASV: Rob not the poor, because he is poor;
YLT: Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 22:22Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 22:22
Verse 22 Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate - In judgment let the poor have a fair hearing; and let him not be borne down because he is poor. The reader has often seen that courts of justice were held at the gates of cities in the East.
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Proverbs 22:22
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Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- East
Exposition: Proverbs 22:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:23
Hebrew
כִּֽי־יְהוָה יָרִיב רִיבָם וְקָבַע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָֽפֶשׁ׃khiy-yehvah-yariyv-riyvam-veqava'-'et-qove'eyhem-nafesh
KJV: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
AKJV: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
ASV: For Jehovah will plead their cause,
YLT: For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 22:23Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 22:23
Verse 23 For the Lord will plead their cause - Wo therefore to them that oppress them, for they will have God, not the poor, to deal with.
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Proverbs 22:23
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:24
Hebrew
אַל־תִּתְרַע אֶת־בַּעַל אָף וְאֶת־אִישׁ חֵמוֹת לֹא תָבֽוֹא׃'al-titera'-'et-va'al-'af-ve'et-'iysh-chemvot-lo'-tavvo'
KJV: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
AKJV: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:
ASV: Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
YLT: Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
Commentary WitnessProverbs 22:24Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 22:24
Verse 24 Make no friendship with an angry man - Spirit has a wonderful and unaccountable influence upon spirit. From those with whom we associate we acquire habits, and learn their ways, imbibe their spirit, show their tempers and walk in their steps. We cannot be too choice of our company, for we may soon learn ways that will be a snare to our soul.
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:25
Hebrew
פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַף ארחתו אֹֽרְחֹתָיו וְלָקַחְתָּ מוֹקֵשׁ לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃fen-te'elaf-'rchtv-'orechotayv-velaqacheta-mvoqesh-lenafeshekha
KJV: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
AKJV: Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
ASV: Lest thou learn his ways,
YLT: Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 22:25Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Proverbs 22:25
Proverbs 22:25 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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- Proverbs 22:25
Exposition: Proverbs 22:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:26
Hebrew
אַל־תְּהִי בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃'al-tehiy-vetoqe'ey-khaf-va'oreviym-masha'vot
KJV: Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
AKJV: Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
ASV: Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
YLT: Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 22:26Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Proverbs 22:26
Proverbs 22:26 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 22:26
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- Proverbs 22:26
Exposition: Proverbs 22:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:27
Hebrew
אִם־אֵֽין־לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם לָמָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃'im-'eyn-lekha-leshalem-lamah-yiqach-mishekhavekha-mitacheteykha
KJV: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
AKJV: If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
ASV: If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
YLT: If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
Commentary WitnessProverbs 22:27Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 22:27
Verse 27 If thou hast nothing to pay - Should any man give security for more than he is worth? If he does, is it not a fraud on the very face of the transaction? Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? - The creditor will not pursue the debtor whom he knows to be worth nothing; but he will sue the bail or bondsman. And why shouldst thou put thyself in such circumstances as to expose thyself to the loss even of thy bed?
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Canonical locus
Proverbs 22:27
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Exposition: Proverbs 22:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:28
Hebrew
אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃'al-taseg-gevvl-'volam-'asher-'ashv-'avvoteykha
KJV: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
AKJV: Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
ASV: Remove not the ancient landmark,
YLT: Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 22:28Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 22:28
Verse 28 Remove not the ancient landmark - Do not take the advantage, in ploughing or breaking up a field contiguous to that of thy neighbor, to set the dividing stones farther into his field that thou mayest enlarge thy own. Take not what is not thy own in any case. Let all ancient divisions, and the usages connected with them, be held sacred. Bring in no new dogmas, nor rites, nor ceremonies, into religion, or the worship of God, that are not clearly laid down in the sacred writings. "Stand in the way; and see, and ask for the old paths, which is the good way, and walk therein; and ye shall find rest for your souls;" Jer 6:16. But if any Church have lost sight of the genuine doctrines of the Gospel, calling them back to these is not removing the ancient landmarks, as some have falsely asserted. God gave a law against removing the ancient landmarks, by which the inheritances of tribes and families were distinguished. See Deu 19:14, from which these words of Solomon appear to be taken. Even among the heathens the landmark was sacred; so sacred that they made a deity of it. Terminus signifies the stone or post that served as a landmark. And Terminus was reputed a god, and had offerings made to him. Hence Ovid: - Tu quoque sacrorum, Termine, finis eras. Fast. lib. i., ver. 50. Nox ubi transierit, solito celebratur honore,Separat indicio qui Deus arva suo. Termine, sive lapis, sive es defossus in agroStipes, ab antiquis sic quoque Numen habes. Te duo diversa domini pro parte coronant;Binaque serta tibi, binaque liba ferunt - Conveniunt, celebrantque dapes vicinia simplex;Et cantant laudes, Termine sancte, tuas. Tu populos, urbesque, et regna ingentia finis:Omnis erit, sine te, litigiosus ager. Fast. lib. ii., ver. 639. Here we find the owners of both fields bringing each his garland and libation to the honor of this god. They sung its praises, put on its top a chaplet of flowers, poured out the libation before it; and the inhabitants of the country held a festival in its honor. It was, in short, celebrated as the preserver of the bounds and territorial rights of tribes, cities, and whole kingdoms; and without its testimony and evidence, every field would have been a subject of litigation.
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 22:28
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Jer 6:16
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ovid
- Gospel
- Hence Ovid
- Termine
- Fast
- Conveniunt
Exposition: Proverbs 22:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 22:29
Hebrew
חָזִיתָ אִישׁ ׀ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ לִֽפְנֵֽי־מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב בַּל־יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃chaziyta-'iysh- -mahiyr-vimela'khetvo-lifeney-melakhiym-yiteyatzav-val-yiteyatzev-lifeney-chashukhiym
KJV: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
AKJV: See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
ASV: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;
YLT: Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 22:29Quoted commentary witness
Commentary Witness
Proverbs 22:29
Verse 29 He shalt not stand before mean men - חשכים chashukkim, dark or obscure persons; men of no repute. Na he schal ben before un-noble men - Old MS. Bible. "Not amonge the symple people." - Coverdale. The general meaning of the proverb is, "Every diligent, active man, shall be at once independent and respectable."
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Proverbs 22:29
Source lane
Apologetics Bible source bundle
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Bible
- Coverdale
Exposition: Proverbs 22:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Proverbs 22:1
- Proverbs 22:2
- Proverbs 22:3
- Proverbs 22:4
- Proverbs 22:5
- Proverbs 22:6
- Proverbs 22:7
- Proverbs 22:8
- Proverbs 22:9
- Proverbs 22:10
- Proverbs 22:11
- Proverbs 22:12
- Proverbs 22:13
- Proverbs 22:14
- Proverbs 22:15
- Proverbs 22:16
- Proverbs 22:17
- Proverbs 22:18
- 2Cor 12:8
- Proverbs 22:19
- Proverbs 22:20
- Proverbs 22:21
- Proverbs 22:22
- Proverbs 22:23
- Proverbs 22:24
- Proverbs 22:25
- Proverbs 22:26
- Proverbs 22:27
- Jer 6:16
- Proverbs 22:28
- Proverbs 22:29
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Ovid
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Chaldee
- Arabiac
- Dedicate
- Bible
- Solomon
- Hor
- Ep
- Thus
- Francis
- Lord
- Friend
- Deep Ditch
- Narrow Pit
- Divum
- Tros Anchisiade
- Averni
- Ditis
- Hoc Opus
- Jupiter
- Virg
- Aen
- Jove
- Pitt
- Philo
- Koheleth
- Ecclesiastes
- Proverbs
- The Law
- The Prophets
- The Hagiographa
- Morality
- Ethics
- Natural Philosophy
- Physics
- Theology
- Scriptures
- Scripture
- Literal
- Figurative
- Allegorical
- Indeed
- Holy Scriptures
- Counsels
- Knowledge
- The Scriptures
- Holy Spirit
- East
- Gospel
- Hence Ovid
- Termine
- Fast
- Conveniunt
- Coverdale
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James
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1 John
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2 John
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Jude
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Commentary Witness
Proverbs 22:1
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Canonical locus
Proverbs 22:1
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