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Proverbs 22:20

Behold, I have written it for you in three ways, and with meditations and knowledge,

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

In Context

19so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.

21so that I might reveal to you, firmly and with words of truth, in order to respond about these things to those who sent you.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I will speak about great things, and my lips will be opened, so as to foretell what is right.

2 Timothy 3:15And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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