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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:1-29

CHAPTER 24EDUCATION: THE PARENT’S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD"Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6"Withhold not correction from the child; if thou beat him with the rod he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod and shalt deliver his soul from Sheol."- Proverbs 23:13-14IN Lecture IV we examined two of the main principles which should be inculcated on children in a Christian home. In the present lecture we approach the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 22:1-29

CHAPTER 22 Instructions Continued Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorable than the poor man who has a name and good reputation. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon says: “A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:11 ). The third verse has a wise message: “The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.” The... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 22:1

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. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 22:2

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. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 22:3

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. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:1-29

In these chapters we have a series of exhortations to a life of godliness expressed in general terms about as follows: 1. Confidence in God as a wise ruler (chap. 16) 2. A disposition of peacefulness and contentment (chap. 17) 3. The virtues of affability, fidelity, and others of a social nature (chap. 18) 4. Humility and meekness (chap. 19) 5. Sobriety, diligence and kindness (chap. 21) 6. Justice, patience, submission (chap. 21) 7. The attainment and preservation of a good name (chap. 22) 8.... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 22:1-11

A Good Name Better Than Riches, Etc. Pro 22:1-11 We are here taught that favour is better than silver and gold. The word "favour" signifies the peculiar sweetness or loveliness which excites and elicits the love of other men; it also means that the expression of the favour of others is elicited by the grace that is within ourselves, and that we increase our own graciousness by the approbation of those who look on, observing with gratitude how large are our resources of amiability,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 22:1-2

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. There is a vast dissimilarity in those two verses, but both have great and important truths contained in them. What name so precious as Christ's, and what riches like his. This name is like ointment poured forth for fragrancy. Song of Solomon 1:3 ; Ecclesiastes 7:1 . All the inequalities of life are of divine appointment. It is... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 22:3-9

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... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 22:1

Good. Hebrew, "a name," or reputation. (Haydock) --- It is preferable to riches, but not to be compared with virtue, which is the only solid good; and even to be placed above riches, it must be well grounded. (Calmet) --- Favour with all. (Haydock) read more

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