Proverbs 22:20
Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
In Context
19That thy trust may be in LORD, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. And the opening of my lips shall be right things.
2 Timothy 3:15And that from a babe thou have known the sacred writings, which are able to make thee wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:18-22
Serious Attention Inculcated. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the Lord , I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that… Read the whole commentary →