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Proverbs 22:16
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-29Proverbs 22:1-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-16Proverbs 22:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe theme of the earlier part of the chapter may be said to be the good name: the blessings in the possession of it, and the conditions for the acquirement of it—partly negatively, partly positively, described.The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:13-16Proverbs 22:13-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryHindrances to the attainment of a good name I. SLOTH. (Proverbs 22:13.) It is full of ridiculous excuses here satirized. While a noble energy refuses to own the word "impossible," it is ever on the lips of the indolent.…Serious Attention InculcatedProverbs 22:16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis shows what evil courses rich men sometimes take, by which, in the end, they will impoverish themselves and provoke God, notwithstanding their abundance, to bring them to want; they oppress the poor and give to the…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 22:16 · The Pulpit CommentaryHe that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches (so the Vulgate), and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. There are various renderings and explanations of this verse. The Authorized Version says th…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-29EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-16The theme of the earlier part of the chapter may be said to be the good name: the blessings in the possession of it, and the conditions for the acquirement of it—partly negatively, partly positively, described.Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:13-16Hindrances to the attainment of a good name I. SLOTH. (Proverbs 22:13.) It is full of ridiculous excuses here satirized. While a noble energy refuses to own the word "impossible," it is ever on the lips of the indolent.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentarySerious Attention InculcatedThis shows what evil courses rich men sometimes take, by which, in the end, they will impoverish themselves and provoke God, notwithstanding their abundance, to bring them to want; they oppress the poor and give to the…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches (so the Vulgate), and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. There are various renderings and explanations of this verse. The Authorized Version says th…Joseph S. Exell and contributors