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Divine Providence has so ordered it, that some are rich, and others poor, but all are guilty before God; and at the throne of God's grace the poor are as welcome as the rich. 3. Faith foresees the evil coming upon sinners, and looks to Jesus Christ as the sure refuge from the storm. 4. Where the fear of God is, there will be humility. And much is to be enjoyed by it; spiritual riches, and eternal life at last. 5. The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous. But the way of duty is safe and easy. 6. Train children, not in the way they would go, that of their corrupt hearts, but in the way they should go; in which, if you love them, you would have them go. As soon as possible every child should be led to the knowledge of the Saviour. 7. This shows how important it is for every man to keep out of debt. As to the things of this life, there is a difference between the rich and the poor; but let the poor remember, it is the Lord that made the difference. 8. The power which many abuse, will soon fail them. 9. He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of others shall be blessed. 10. Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace. 11. God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; this honour have all the saints. 12. God turns the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own confusion. 13. The slothful man talks of a lion without, but considers not his real danger from the devil, that roaring lion within, and from his own slothfulness, which kills him. 14. The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the mind beyond recovery. 15. Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father. 16. We are but stewards, and must distribute what God intrusts to our care, according to his will.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-2.htm">Proverbs 22:2</a></div><div class="verse">The rich and poor meet together: the LORD <i>is</i> the maker of them all.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-3.htm">Proverbs 22:3</a></div><div class="verse">A prudent <i>man</i> foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-4.htm">Proverbs 22:4</a></div><div class="verse">By humility <i>and</i> the fear of the LORD <i>are</i> riches, and honour, and life.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-5.htm">Proverbs 22:5</a></div><div class="verse">Thorns <i>and</i> snares <i>are</i> in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-6.htm">Proverbs 22:6</a></div><div class="verse">Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-7.htm">Proverbs 22:7</a></div><div class="verse">The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower <i>is</i> servant to the lender.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm">Proverbs 22:8</a></div><div class="verse">He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-9.htm">Proverbs 22:9</a></div><div class="verse">He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Proverbs 22:10</a></div><div class="verse">Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-11.htm">Proverbs 22:11</a></div><div class="verse">He that loveth pureness of heart, <i>for</i> the grace of his lips the king <i>shall be</i> his friend.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm">Proverbs 22:12</a></div><div class="verse">The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-13.htm">Proverbs 22:13</a></div><div class="verse">The slothful <i>man</i> saith, <i>There is</i> a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-14.htm">Proverbs 22:14</a></div><div class="verse">The mouth of strange women <i>is</i> a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-15.htm">Proverbs 22:15</a></div><div class="verse">Foolishness <i>is</i> bound in the heart of a child; <i>but</i> the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm">Proverbs 22:16</a></div><div class="verse">He that oppresseth the poor to increase his <i>riches, and</i> he that giveth to the rich, <i>shall</i> surely <i>come</i> to want.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-17.htm">Proverbs 22:17</a></div><div class="verse">Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.</div><div class="comm">22:17-21. To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the word of truth, is to make conscience of our duty. 22,23. He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if men will not appear for them, God will. 24,25. Our corrupt hearts have so much tinder in them, that it is dangerous to have to do with those that throw about the sparks of their passion.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-18.htm">Proverbs 22:18</a></div><div class="verse">For <i>it is</i> a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-19.htm">Proverbs 22:19</a></div><div class="verse">That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-20.htm">Proverbs 22:20</a></div><div class="verse">Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-21.htm">Proverbs 22:21</a></div><div class="verse">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?</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-22.htm">Proverbs 22:22</a></div><div class="verse">Rob not the poor, because he <i>is</i> poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-23.htm">Proverbs 22:23</a></div><div class="verse">For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-24.htm">Proverbs 22:24</a></div><div class="verse">Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-25.htm">Proverbs 22:25</a></div><div class="verse">Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-26.htm">Proverbs 22:26</a></div><div class="verse">Be not thou <i>one</i> of them that strike hands, <i>or</i> of them that are sureties for debts.</div><div class="comm">22:26,27. Every man ought to be just to himself, and his family; those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have. 28. We are taught not to trespass on another man's right. And it is hard to find a truly industrious man. Such a man will rise. Seest thou a man diligent in the business of religion? He is likely to excel. Let us then be diligent in God's work.</div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-27.htm">Proverbs 22:27</a></div><div class="verse">If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-28.htm">Proverbs 22:28</a></div><div class="verse">Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.</div><div class="comm"></div> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm">Proverbs 22:29</a></div><div class="verse">Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean <i>men</i>.</div><div class="comm"></div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/proverbs/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhpar.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>