Proverbs Book #22C (Commentary only)

Proverbs Book #22C (Commentary only)


Matthew Henry Concise Commentary - Chapter 22

Verse 1 We should be more careful to do that by which we may
get and keep a good name, than to raise or add unto a great estate.

Verse 2 . 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.

Verse 3 . Faith foresees the evil coming upon sinners, and
looks to Jesus Christ as the sure refuge from the storm.

Verse 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.

Verse 5 . The way of sin is vexatious and dangerous. But the
way of duty is safe and easy. Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 8 . The power which many abuse, will soon fail them.

Verse 9 . He that seeks to relieve the wants and miseries of
others shall be blessed.

Verse 10 . Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace.

Verse 11 . God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there
is no guile; this honour have all the saints. Verse 12 . God turns
the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own
confusion. Verse 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.

Verse 14 . The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the
mind beyond recovery. Verse 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.

Verse 16 . We are but stewards, and must distribute what God
intrusts to our care, according to his will. (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 that robs and oppresses
the poor, does so at his peril. And if 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, who, by folly or other carelessness,
waste what they have.

Verse 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.

God Bless you -
Chip Tarver
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