Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 22:4
Proverbs 22:4. By humility Hebrew, עקב ענוה , because of humility; or, as some render the expression, the reward of humility, that reward which God has graciously promised, and will confer on humility, which is a grace of great price in his eyes, Isaiah 57:15; James 4:6; and the fear of the Lord By which he distinguishes true and Christian humility from counterfeit and merely moral humility: for the former arises from a deep sense of God’s greatness, purity, and perfection, compared... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 22:3
Proverbs 22:3. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, &c. “He whose long experience and observation of things hath made him cautious and circumspect, foresees a calamity before it come, and withdraws himself from the danger into a place of safety; but an incautious and credulous person never foresees any danger, but goes on securely in his accustomed track, till it overtake him.” Thus Bishop Patrick. But in foreseeing temporal calamities, and discerning the methods by which we may escape... read more