Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 22
Albert Barnes Commentary
Proverbs 22
Albert Barnes Commentary
Proverbs 22
"A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold." — Proverbs 22:1 (ASV)
Omit "good." The word is an insertion. To the Hebrew, "name" by itself conveyed the idea of good repute, just as "men without a name" (Compare to Job 30:8, margin) are those sunk in ignominy. The margin gives a preferable rendering of the second clause of this verse.
"The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all." — Proverbs 22:2 (ASV)
Compare the margin reference. Another recognition of the oneness of a common humanity, overriding all distinctions of rank.
"The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life." — Proverbs 22:4 (ASV)
Better, (compare the marginal note) The reward of humility (is) the fear of the Lord, riches, and honor, and life.
"Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it." — Proverbs 22:6 (ASV)
Train - Initiate, and so, educate.
The way he should go - Or, according to the specific nature of his path, that is, the path especially belonging to, especially fitted for, the individual’s character. The proverb enjoins the closest possible study of each child’s temperament and the adaptation of “his way of life” to that.
"He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail." — Proverbs 22:8 (ASV)
The rod of his anger - That with which he smites others . The King James Version describes the final impotence of the wrath of the wicked.
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