Proverbs 22:20
Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
In Context
19So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.
2 Timothy 3:15And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to 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 →