Matthew Henry Commentary Proverbs 22
Matthew Henry Commentary
Proverbs 22
Matthew Henry 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)
We should be more careful to do what enables us to get and keep a good name, than to build up or add to a great estate.
"The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all." — Proverbs 22:2 (ASV)
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.
"A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it." — Proverbs 22:3 (ASV)
Faith foresees the evil coming upon sinners, and looks to Jesus Christ as the sure refuge from the storm.
"The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life." — Proverbs 22:4 (ASV)
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.
"Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them." — Proverbs 22:5 (ASV)
The way of sin is distressing and dangerous. But the way of duty is safe and easy.
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