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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes · 1834

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Albert Barnes · 1834

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Albert Barnes' Notes on Revelation Of St. John The Divine (New Testament, English original, public domain). Sourced from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL). Public domain. Retrieval mirror: biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes.

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Proverbs Chapter 22 1 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:1

Translated Open passage

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 Job 30:8 margin) are those sunk in ignominy. The margin gives a preferable rendering of the second clause of this verse.

Proverbs Chapter 22 2 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:2

Translated Open passage

Compare the margin reference. Another recognition of the oneness of a common humanity, overriding all distinctions of rank.

Proverbs Chapter 22 4 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:4

Translated Open passage

Better, (compare the margin) The reward of humility (is) the fear of the Lord, "riches, and honor, and life.

Proverbs Chapter 22 6 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:6

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Train - Initiate, and so, educate.

The way he should go - Or, according to the tenor of his way, i. e., 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.

Proverbs Chapter 22 8 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:8

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The rod of his anger - That with which he smites others (compare Isaiah 14:6). The King James Version describes the final impotence of the wrath of the wicked.

Proverbs Chapter 22 9 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:9

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He that hath a bountiful eye - literally, as in the margin, contrasted with the "evil eye" of Proverbs 28:22.

Proverbs Chapter 22 11 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:11

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More literally, "He that loveth pureness of heart, his lips are gracious, the king is his friend."

Proverbs Chapter 22 13 Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 22:13

Translated Open passage

The point of the satire is the ingenuity with which the slothful man devises the most improbable alarms. He hears that "there is a lion without," i. e., in the broad open country; he is afraid of being slain in the very streets of the city.