22:1 A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] {a} loving favour rather than silver and gold. (a) Which comes by well doing. 22:2 The rich and poor {b} meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all. (b) Live together, and have need the one of the other. 22:3 A prudent [man] {c} foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. (c) That is, the punishment, which is prepared for the wicked and flees to God for help. 22:6 Train up a child {d} in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (d) Bring him up virtuously and he will continue so. 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the {e} rod of his anger shall fail. (e) His authority by which he oppressed others, will be taken from him. 22:9 He that hath a bountiful {f} eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. (f) He that is merciful and liberal. 22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the {g} king [shall be] his friend. (g) He shows that princes should use their familiarity, whose conscience is good, and their talk wise and godly. 22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve {h} knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. (h) Favour them that love knowledge. 22:13 The slothful [man] saith, {i} [There is] a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets. (i) He derides them that invent vain excuses, because they would not do their duty. 22:14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD {k} shall fall in it. (k) So God punishes one sin by another, when he suffers the wicked to fall into the acquaintance of a harlot. 22:15 Foolishness [is] bound {l} in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. (l) He is naturally given to it. 22:19 That thy trust may be in {m} the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. (m) He shows what the end of wisdom is: that is, to direct us to the Lord. 22:20 Have not I written to thee {n} excellent things in counsels and knowledge, (n) That is, various times. 22:24 Make {o} no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: (o) Have nothing to do with him that is not able to rule his affections: for he would hurt you by his evil conversation. 22:26 Be not thou [one] of them that {p} strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts. (p) Who rashly put themselves in danger for others, as in Pr 6:2. | |